The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases ...

The new CDC recommendation takes a much narrower view of the meningococcal disease threat. Because of "the low incidence ...

The CDC has moved several routine childhood vaccinations from its recommended list. Here's the risk of skipping those ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday it’s no longer recommending the flu vaccine for all children.

Boston's top health official blasted the federal health officials over rolled-back vaccine requirements while reporting that ...

On Dec. 4, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisors voted 8-3 to change their recommendations on vaccinating infants for hepatitis B. The old guidance, which had ...

Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...

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A CDC committee’s decision to change longstanding hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for babies is the latest sign that vaccine skeptics are reshaping policies that aim to prevent the spread of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours ...

The committee called for "individual decision-making." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee voted 8-3 on Friday to remove the universal recommendation for the ...

Robert Malone, vice chair the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta on Dec. 5. (Alyssa Pointer/Reuters) A seismic shift in the ...