The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending giving all infants a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth, approving a sweeping and highly ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended a long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in consultation with a healthcare ...

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made a major change to the childhood immunization schedule this week, ending a decades-old policy that supports giving all newborns a hepatitis B ...

The CDC changed its website on Wednesday to suggest there may be a link between vaccines and autism. The site previously stated that studies have shown "there is no link between receiving vaccines and ...

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 ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -The CDC recently adopted individual-based decision-making for Hepatitis B immunization. Previously, all babies received the first Hep. B shot within 24 hours of birth, regardless ...