Georgia Representatives Nikema Williams and Hank Johnson are among a group of more than 30 Democratic lawmakers urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep its long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.

Georgia's life expectancy rose more sharply than most U.S. states as the coronavirus pandemic receded, according to the latest CDC data, but still has ground to make up.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted Friday to end the long-standing recommendation that all babies get vaccinated against Hepatitis B. The committee,

"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."

The DeKalb County Police Department identified the officer killed Friday while responding to a gunman near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, Officer David Rose, 33, was shot and killed while responding ...

Advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted 8-3 Friday to recommend that a mother without Hepatitis B consult with a physician and if she decides to vaccinate against the virus delay the first dose from the first day of life to two months.