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Racially charged language on mothers and babies taints vaccine advisory meeting​
CDC advisers drop decades-old universal hepatitis B birth dose recommendation, suggest blood testing after 1 dose​
Three-fourths of Americans support hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, poll finds​
Relatively calm afternoon ACIP session still cauldron of ‘misinformation, disinformation, and information taken out of context’​
Study finds low levels of treatment in adults with advanced hepatitis B liver disease​
CDC outlines new initiatives such as expanded hepatitis B screening with potential vaccine policy impacts​
Next up for Vaccine Integrity Project: reviewing data on birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine​
Some common viruses may steeply raise risk of cardiovascular disease​
Quick takes: Whooping cough in Florida, mpox in Spain, Maldives achieves public health first​
Testing migrants for key infectious diseases may speed diagnosis, cut risk of spread​
End of universal birth-dose hep B vaccination will drive up infections, deaths, costs, researchers say​
Hepatitis B and C claimed 1.3 million lives in 2024, WHO reports​
US surgeon general nominee dodges vaccine questions in Senate hearing​
Birth-dose hepatitis B vaccination rates plunged more than 10 percentage points in past 2 years, study suggests​
Guinea-Bissau officials stop CDC-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial​
Oregon tracks decline in newborn hepatitis B vaccination​
Lawmakers want answers on CDC-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in Africa​
CDC-funded hep B vaccine study in Africa suspended pending review, officials say​
Controversial CDC hep B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau may be canceled​
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Here’s what removal of the hepatitis B birth dose will look like​