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CDC vaccine panel says not all babies need hepatitis B shot at birth

  • Dec 5, 2025
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CDC vaccine advisory committee delays vote on hepatitis B shots

  • Dec 4, 2025
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What to know about hepatitis B shot for infants

  • Dec 4, 2025

CDC panel drops COVID vaccine recommendation

  • Sep 19, 2025

Global toll of mysterious hepatitis in children rises to 650 cases

  • May 31, 2022

What to know about rare hepatitis outbreak in kids after new CDC alert

  • May 12, 2022

Doctors search for answers to unexplained hepatitis cases in children

  • May 11, 2022

At least 10 states report severe hepatitis in children

  • May 2, 2022

Latest Videos

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Doctors search for answers to unexplained hepatitis cases in children

  • May 10, 2022
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Officials discuss potential disease exposure at clinics

  • Mar 30, 2018
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Clinics' dirty equipment may have infected patients with diseases

  • Mar 28, 2018
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More than 9,000 patients in Galveston and Texas City possibly exposed to diseases

  • Mar 26, 2018
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Coastal Health and Wellness Clinic

  • Mar 26, 2018
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Frozen tuna recalled after testing showed hepatitis A virus

  • Jun 24, 2017
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Heroin epidemic causes increase in Hepatitis C

  • May 23, 2017

Latest Stories

Bauer's Candies recalled due to possible hepatitis A contamination

The company says that the candy may have come into contact with a worker in their facility who tested positive for hepatitis A.

  • Jan 11, 2019

Patients of Pennsylvania dentist told to get tested for HIV, hepatitis

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is warning patients of a dentist that they could have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis B and C.

  • Nov 9, 2018

'Vampire facial' may have caused infection at spa in New Mexico

Customers at a spa are being urged to get tested for HIV after getting "vampire facials."

  • Sep 12, 2018
KGO-TV

14 students tested for HIV, hepatitis after classmate stuck them with needle, officials say

More than a dozen elementary school students had to be tested for HIV and hepatitis after being poked with a needle that a fellow student brought onto campus.

  • Jun 9, 2017
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Heroin epidemic causes spike in hepatitis C

The heroin epidemic is driving up hepatitis C infections, with the biggest increase in people in their 20s, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

  • May 12, 2017