The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed a vote until Friday on whether to change a longstanding recommendation that newborns should receive the hepatitis B vaccine. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel met Thursday for the first of two days of discussions about childhood vaccine schedules and recommendations. The panel is focusing on the hepatitis B vaccine and plans to vote on whether to continue recommending it be given to all children at birth or delay the first dose.

The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in infants and for long-term protection into adulthood.

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says Louisiana leads the nation in Flu cases. Dr. Richard Camm says surrounding states are seeing similar increases in cases, but it is not known what is causing this trend.

Americans’ confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has plummeted, according to a 2025 National Foundation for Infectious Diseases survey, and many young people are

"There are some signs that another big norovirus season is ahead of us," Emory University Professor Ben Lopman told Newsweek.

The virus is found in blood, saliva, semen and other bodily fluids, even tears, and it can live on surfaces for up to seven days. A child with a wound who comes into contact with that surface — even days later — could become infected, says Anita Patel, a pediatrician and pediatric critical care physician in Washington, D.C.

After losing thousands of staffers and facing attacks this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hampered in its ability to protect the public from health problems and emergencies.