A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying until age 4 the ...

Update: The CDC's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to stop recommending the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine for babies whose mothers test negative for the virus. Read the latest here. Our ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine advisory panel will debate and possibly delay a key immunization that protects babies from the hepatitis B virus. The influential ...

Members of a key vaccine panel have delayed a pivotal vote regarding the hepatitis B vaccine, while voting to amend recommendations to combination shots that target measles, mumps, rubella and ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine ...

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NEW YORK -- A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. A loud chorus of ...

Vaccine skeptics could see a significant win this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel weighs key changes to the childhood immunization schedule. The ...

A box of hepatitis B vaccine is displayed at a CVS Pharmacy, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Miami. Credit: Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently ...