All adults should have their blood tested for hepatitis B — a vaccine-preventable virus that harms the liver — at least once in their life, regardless of their risk factors for the infection, ...

Hepatitis B testing can show whether you have a current or past HBV infection and whether you have antibodies from a hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis B ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded the recommendation for who should be getting screened for hepatitis B infections (HBV). The CDC now recommends anyone over the age of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Testing for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C increased among U.S. Medicaid enrollees initiating treatment for ...

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 ...

The CDC has officially updated its immunization schedule to reflect its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ ...

Recently, A federal vaccine advisory committee voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born, recommending the birth dose only for ...

On Dec. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to end the ...