Hepatitis B is a virus that can damage the liver and lead to lifelong health problems. The hepatitis B vaccine prevents short-term illness (acute hepatitis) and a life-threatening infection called ...

Alaska state health officials continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, despite a recent, controversial change in federal guidance. State Epidemiology Chief Dr. Joe McLaughlin ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office now says it “appears” the victim of a 1994 murder investigation did have Hepatitis B. On Monday, Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco said ...

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 ...

When Dr. Su Wang was in medical school, she donated blood. That's when she learned she was infected with hepatitis B, a virus that attacks the liver and can lead to cancer and death decades later. "I ...

Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven't had to face in many years: how to protect newborns against hepatitis B.Last week, a federal ...