The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a major update to the childhood vaccine schedule, ...

• Today’s meeting: Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just wrapped up the first day of a two-day meeting that could lead to a major change to the childhood ...

• Today’s meeting: Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns, instead recommending individual ...

Editor's note: This article was updated at 1110a ET with the results of two other votes. A panel of advisors to the CDC has voted to change the current recommendation that all newborns should start to ...

The hepatitis B vaccine is crucial in preventing transmission, especially in infants, with a 3-dose series starting at birth. Despite evidence supporting vaccine safety, skepticism persists due to ...

The CDC on Tuesday evening formally adopted a change in the newborn vaccine schedule that doesn't recommend all babies born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis b get the shot against the virus.

Colorado's school vaccine requirements now follow American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations rather than those made by the CDC.

Comments by President Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some panelists suggest the committee is likely to delay hepatitis B shots and discuss revising the use of other vaccines. By ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. ATLANTA,GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 29: A Hepatitis B vaccine in Atlanta ...