EMBRACE reported 12-month suppression rates of 94% (IV N6LS+CAB LA), 82% (SC), and 88% (oral SOC), with no virologic failures and no new clinically significant AEs after month 6. Presentations focused ...

The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently ended the federal recommendation for a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. If you’re following this issue, you may also know ...

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LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - GSK (GSK.L), opens new tab will use promising results from two studies of its experimental chronic hepatitis B therapy to support planned regulatory applications, it said on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

The federal vaccine advisory panel, all appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted to drop the universal recommendation that children should get vaccinated for hepatitis B at birth.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. Updated, Dec. 5: This story, originally published Dec. 4, has been ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handpicked vaccine committee voted to do away with the long-standing, universal recommendation that all babies receive a hepatitis B shot at ...