Hepatitis B can spread relatively easily through contact with the blood or body fluids of someone who has the virus, especially in certain high risk situations. Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused ...

For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel ...

Hepatitis B is most often acquired through contact with body fluids from an infected person. It can also be transmitted via ...

Recently, A federal vaccine advisory committee voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the ...

Hepatitis A is an extremely contagious viral infection that mostly spreads via contaminated food, water, or intimate contact. Though hepatitis A typically resolves on its own without any long-term ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially abandoned universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns on ...

The hepatitis A virus (HAV) can survive in water sources, particularly in untreated or unsanitized environments, which poses a significant public health risk. However, contracting HAV through drinking ...

A physician fact checks President Trump's recent remarks on social media lauding the CDC Vaccine Advisory committee's ...

The hepatitis B vaccine, which 'virtually eliminated' the disease in children, will no longer be given at birth unless ...

Hepatitis C is incredibly common in the U.S., but many people don't look sick at first—or even know they have it. It's not as frequently discussed as Hepatitis A and B, which we have vaccines for, but ...

Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven't had to face in ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all U.S. newborns ...