What was once accomplished through clipboards or scribbled notes is now supported by digital tools to ensure there is always ...

The CDC's revamped Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) discussed shrinking the childhood vaccination schedule and setting up a working group to assess the safety of aluminum adjuvants ...

A CDC panel decided to end the universal birth dose of a hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, with some officials pointing to Denmark's policies as a model During the recent ACIP meeting, several ...

Well, this one definitely sent the media pearl-clutchers into overdrive. After decades of the CDC insisting that brand-new, hours-old babies needed a hepatitis B shot — yes, the same virus mostly ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a ...

A CDC advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. no longer recommends that babies get a hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health ...

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 ...

ATLANTA - An influential vaccine advisory panel on Friday voted to lift a long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a vaccine for hepatitis B, marking the most significant change to 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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel is holding two days of meetings about childhood vaccine schedules, and plans to vote Friday on whether to continue recommending ...