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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC vaccine panel have been casting doubt on the hepatitis B shot and the ...

The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in June to stop recommending certain kinds of flu vaccines, a ...

The best way to prevent hepatitis B is to get vaccinated, and no evidence suggests the hepatitis B vaccine is unsafe, an ...

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two ...

The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use ...

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group ...

In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found disputed issues over the sincerity of Jeanette Diaz's ...

A Pa. lawmaker is trying to prevent lapses in insurance coverage for vaccines, even if key advisers in the CDC change their ...

The new RSV recommendation calls for a single dose of vaccine for adults age 50 to 59 years who are at increased risk of ...

Moderna Inc. said Monday its experimental flu shot showed positive results in a late-stage trial.   In a Phase 3 study, the ...

That whole meeting was a travesty,” says Fiona Havers, a physician and epidemiologist. After the ACIP firings, Havers ...