Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
Western Alaska, where almost all the residents are Indigenous, used to have the world’s highest rate of childhood liver cancer caused by Hepatitis B. After decades of screenings and vaccinations, that ...
The study comes months after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted in December 2025 to replace its ...
WASHINGTON — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to approve new recommendations delaying the child hepatitis B vaccine for infants Friday, providing a win for the Make America ...
A key federal vaccine advisory panel, whose members were recently replaced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is considering delaying administration of the hepatitis B vaccine until age 4. It ...
Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...
Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver. It can resolve without treatment, or it may worsen and cause cirrhosis or liver cancer. A vaccine against the hepatitis B virus has been available since ...
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