Hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver in reaction to certain substances and can affect how well your liver functions.

As hepatitis B research progresses, achieving higher functional cure rates is becoming more feasible. It is vital that ...

The U.S. government long advised that all babies be immunized against hepatitis B right after birth, but a federal vaccine ...

In a move toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee recommended delaying ...

Hepatitis B is a life-threatening liver infection that is caused by the hepatitis B virus, whereas, hepatitis D infection only occurs in people who are infected with the hepatitis B virus. It ...

Spokane pediatrician Dr. Sarah d’Hulst has “basically never” treated a baby with hepatitis B. She fears that may change soon.

An influential panel of US vaccine advisers voted to revoke a longstanding recommendation that all babies receive hepatitis B ...

Public health experts are concerned that delaying hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns could increase rates of the ...

RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel voted to recommend a return to a public health strategy that was abandoned more than three decades ...

The Allegheny Health Network’s Pediatric Institute aligns with the American Academy of Pediatrics to advocate for universal ...

For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel ...

This morning, during the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) day two meeting, the committee voted to end its long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B ...