The hepatitis B vaccine is one of Philadelphia’s oldest success stories. The virus itself was discovered at Fox Chase Cancer Center in 1967 by Baruch Blumberg, who won a Nobel Prize for his work. He ...

Hepatitis B is a preventable disease, and taking the right vaccine can protect individuals for up to 10 years, according to Dr Asare Offei, a consultant hepatobiliary surgeon at Korle Bu Teaching ...

Donald Trump claimed there’s “no reason” to vaccinate a baby against hepatitis B, a highly contagious disease that can spread ...

President Donald Trump recently advised against the Hepatitis B vaccine for infants, instead recommending that parents wait ...

The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose ...

Dr. Asare Offei, a consultant hepatobiliary surgeon at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, has revealed that hepatitis B infection is ...

In a landmark global health achievement, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that the Maldives has become the ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A Tulsa-area dentist whose practice was shut down because his equipment was rusty and his employees reused needles was responsible for the nation’s first transmission of hepatitis ...

In a landmark public health achievement, the World Health Organisation has validated the Maldives for eliminating ...

Maldives became the first nation to achieve WHO-verified triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, ...

Maldives becomes the first nation to achieve 'triple elimination' of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and ...

In a historical public health move, the Maldives has eliminated mother-to-child HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B, which are collectively responsible for millions of deaths annually across the globe.