Your child's pediatrician may have mentioned that she's due to receive the hepatitis A vaccine at one of her upcoming well visits. Here's everything you need to know about this important vaccine, ...

The study comes months after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted in December 2025 to replace its ...

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WASHINGTON — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to approve new recommendations delaying the child hepatitis B vaccine for infants Friday, providing a win for the Make America ...

Western Alaska, where almost all the residents are Indigenous, used to have the world’s highest rate of childhood liver cancer caused by Hepatitis B. After decades of screenings and vaccinations, that ...

A key federal vaccine advisory panel, whose members were recently replaced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is considering delaying administration of the hepatitis B vaccine until age 4. It ...

Hepatitis B (sometimes referred to as hep B) is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It typically causes symptoms like stomach pain, dark urine, fatigue, fever, jaundice (yellowing ...

The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies ...

Ahead of a key meeting amongst the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisors -- now with 12 members hand-picked by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. -- doctors, health ...