Vaccine advisers to U. were expected to vote on Thursday on whether to scrap a broad recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for children, a move that would leave the choice to parents in most ...

Decades after HBV infection, patients can develop liver failure and require a liver transplant. Because there is no cure for ...

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today, and they could vote on possible changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates ...

Stillbirths have been generally trending down in the U.S., but the rate ticked up in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic ...

"If it's really cold outside, you want to make sure that your battery is going to be good in the freezing cold weather," ...

Maine is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address an HIV outbreak in the northern part of the state.

Georgia's life expectancy rose more sharply than most U.S. states as the coronavirus pandemic receded, according to the latest CDC data, but still has ground to make up.

Among U.S. adults with obstructive sleep apnea, there has been an increase in deaths related to ischemic heart disease from 1999 to 2022, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.“These ...

The shake-up that resulted in Kirk Milhoan, MD, PhD, leading the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has ...

For 70 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at holiday time.

The committee is likely to decide that a vaccine to prevent hepatitis B — a highly contagious disease that can severely ...

Objective: To assess the correlates of changes in emergency department (ED) prices for self-pay patients from 2021 to 2023. Study Design: Retrospective longitudinal analysis of self-pay prices for ED ...