Top medical leaders in Massachusetts are sounding the alarm amid fears the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) could recommend delaying when doctors give the hepatitis B vaccine at the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting in the nation's capital on Thursday.

Governor Maura Healey warned of misinformation about the childhood vaccine schedule, especially the infant hepatitis B vaccine, ahead of a meeting of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel.

Americans’ confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has plummeted, according to a 2025 National Foundation for Infectious Diseases survey, and many young people are

Gov. Maura Healey is slamming Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over statements he made relating to childhood vaccines and their potential links to autism.

A group of local health leaders from across the country said they're worried about how an upcoming meeting could affect immunization access and rates. The meeting could mean changes to more federal vaccine recommendations for serious viruses — like hepatitis B.

Abraham ordered the Louisiana health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during an uptick in influenza cases last winter.

In the midst of the backlash against the CDC’s guidance, a recent Harvard University study highlights a new risk of COVID-19 during pregnancy. In a rare look at the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant, the study found that they may be at increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3.