Hepatitis doesn’t always announce itself. While hepatitis A often comes on abruptly, as with a bad stomach bug, most cases of ...
For decades, it’s been standard practice in the U.S. to administer a hepatitis B vaccine to newborns. The dose is typically ...
The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in ...
A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B ...
Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The CDC committee that helps set vaccine policy voted ...
Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian McMahon has spent decades treating the long shadow of hepatitis B. Before a vaccine became available in the 1980s, ...
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday that President Trump’s assertions on hepatitis B transmission are “simply not true.” ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My brother was diagnosed with hepatitis C two years ago. Our family hopes to destigmatize the condition and encourage others to get tested. What causes hepatitis C? How can it be ...
As the WHO continues its investigation into an outbreak of severe, acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children aged 1 month to 16 years, more questions than answers remain. Healio spoke with John W.
RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel is considering a return to a public health strategy that was abandoned more than three decades ago.
The state’s top doctor is “deeply concerned" about a CDC panel’s change to the recommendation that all babies get a hepatitis ...
The CDC’s top vaccine advisory panel has voted to end the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis ...