Physician Emilie G.C. Thompson’s grandfather created the hepatitis B vaccine. Now she’s watching his legacy get dismantled.

Hepatitis B is a virus that can damage the liver and lead to lifelong health problems. The hepatitis B vaccine prevents short ...

The policies that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has implemented, coupled with massive cuts in government research on medical science, have also taken a broader toll. They ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted Dec. 5 to stop recommending all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a ...

A federal vaccine panel handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending immediate immunization for all newborns against hepatitis B, a ...

Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is a small DNA virus from the Hepadnaviridae family. If someone has this infection for a long time, it can lead to ...

There has been a lot of public attention surrounding pediatric hepatitis B vaccines recently. Are they safe? Are they ...

GSK's antisense-based drug for chronic hepatitis B (CHB), bepirovirsen, has hit the mark in two phase 3 trials and will be filed for approval as a potential first-in-class treatment for the disease.

A new 10-year regional study reveals that adults living with both HIV and hepatitis B virus across the Asia-Pacific face ...

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 ...

GSK will use promising results from two studies of its experimental chronic hepatitis B therapy to support planned regulatory ...