The Rhode Island Department of Health supports the current hepatitis B vaccine schedule for newborns. A federal advisory committee, overhauled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., may vote to ...

A new research study shows that hepatitis B vaccination rates among newborns in the U.S. declined by more than 10 percent ...

A panel of advisors to the CDC has voted to change the current recommendation that all newborns should start to receive the three-shot hepatitis b vaccine shortly after birth. By an 8-3 vote, the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC’s) newly reworked Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met Thursday to finally offer its recommendations for a universal hepatitis ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and ...

Your child needs vaccines to protect them from serious illnesses. Researchers and experts develop and maintain a vaccine schedule to ensure children have all recommended vaccines at the appropriate ...

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 ...

With the United States likely to lose its measles elimination status in the next few months and the possibility of looming changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, new research highlights the risk ...

Editor's note: This article was updated at 1110a ET with the results of two other votes. A panel of advisors to the CDC has voted to change the current recommendation that all newborns should start to ...