US stocks drifted higher to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The Dow Jones ...

(CNN) — Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven’t had to face in many years: how to protect newborns against hepatitis B. Last week, a ...

Dec. 8, 2025 – Hepatitis B vaccination is drawing renewed attention after a CDC advisory panel on Friday voted to no longer recommend the shot for all newborns. The call has drawn strong reaction from ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a ...

Many medical experts say the decision could reverse decades of progress in preventing hepatitis B FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to change a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — US vaccine advisers recommend ending longstanding advice that all babies get a hepatitis B shot at birth.

The disease has become a key issue in Washington. We asked doctors to explain the ABCs. By Simar Bajaj On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel recommended ...

In a move toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee recommended delaying the shots for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus. By ...

A group of independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is meeting this week, and a key item on the agenda is the hepatitis B vaccine. After presentations about ...

Doctors say the vaccine has been key to eliminating infections among children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee appears set to amend the childhood ...

David Higgins is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and volunteer board member for Immunize Colorado. Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta this week to consider whether to revise recommendations on ...