Illinois should continue to recommend that nearly all newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, a state advisory committee ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health reaffirmed its recommendation that newborn infants receive a hepatitis B vaccine ...

Maternity hospitals across the country will now play a significant role in whether babies will universally be vaccinated ...

Illinois is recommending all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine, splitting with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's new policy of letting parents figure out what's best on their ...

A coalition of major medical organizations urged a federal judge on Wednesday to reject the Trump administration's bid to ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has joined the ranks of organizations that are losing funding for grants that, federal officials say, don’t align with the Trump administration’s missions or ...

We are restoring the balance of informed consent to parents whose newborns face little risk of contracting hepatitis B,” acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill said.

The hepatitis B vaccine, which 'virtually eliminated' the disease in children, will no longer be given at birth unless ...

In a break with federal guidance, Illinois will continue to recommend that nearly all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccines, the state health department announced Wednesday. The decision comes one ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Dec. 16 that it adopted individual-based decision-making for parents deciding whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine, including the birth dose ...

WASHINGTON - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a major change to the nation's childhood immunization ...