A targeted birth-dose vaccine recommendation for hepatitis B virus in the United States would likely increase neonatal infections.

US model study suggests a targeted hepatitis B birth-dose strategy could increase neonatal infections unless screening and ...

Vaccine skeptics could see a significant win this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel weighs key changes to the childhood immunization schedule. The ...

In this study, researchers investigated the potential impacts of “shared decision-making” replacing universal HBV birth-dose vaccination on neonatal and later chronic HBV infections.

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Maternal hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with a twofold increase in NICU admissions and nearly threefold increase in small-for-gestational-age births below the 5th percentile. “These ...