Hepatitis B is a potentially fatal liver disease. It spreads through contact with bodily fluids, and certain groups including health care workers and IV drug users are at higher risk. Anyone can be ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to overhaul how children get vaccines took a major step forward. An advisory committee voted to narrow hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns.

An average of one baby a week in the Southern Health region is being given a preventive treatment after a potential measles ...

In a historic vote, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisers recommended narrowing the agency's hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns. The result, if approved by the ...

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Babies can be safely administered antibody protection against respiratory syncytial virus after birth even if their moms had RSV vaccination while pregnant, a new study says. An antibody shot called ...

The federal vaccine advisory panel, all appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted to drop the universal recommendation that children should get vaccinated for hepatitis B at birth.

Fewer Oregon newborns are getting vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth and slightly fewer pregnant people are being screened for the virus, according to new state data released Tuesday. The Oregon ...

The Department of Health will extend RSV immunizations for infants through April 30 as disease activity remains elevated ...

A young girl with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is treated at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in December 2022. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) A wave of the highly contagious ...