A vaccine that helps prevent liver disease is back in the spotlight as a federal advisory panel considers delaying the first shot for infants. The hepatitis B vaccine is a multi-dose series typically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Cavan Images/Getty Images) A federal advisory panel with power over vaccine policy has voted to stop recommending a universal ...

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US health officials ended the long standing recommendation that all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Under the ...

A CDC advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommended birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. (CDC) A key vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to ...

FARGO — Ahead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee meeting to discuss the pediatric vaccine schedule and hepatitis B shots given to newborns, local ...

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(WAND) - The CDC recently changed the recommendation for hepatitis B vaccination in babies. For more than 30 years, standard practice was for babies to have the vaccine within 24 hours of birth. They ...

This article is part of The Dallas Morning News’ initiative to answer questions about vaccines. Got a question? Ask us here. A federal vaccine advisory panel voted on Friday morning to change the ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The CDC’s immunization agency voted on Friday to change its recommendations for when children should receive the hepatitis B vaccination, a decision nearly universally criticized by ...

The ACIP voted to recommend that the hepatitis B birth dose be optional for infants of HBsAg-negative mothers, a move strongly opposed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Centers for Disease ...