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Hep-B Is the Only Vaccine Given at Birth. Why Doctors Say It Can’t Wait.

The vaccine has virtually eliminated childhood infections of a disease that doesn’t only transmit through drugs or sex

by Wall Street Journal | October 2, 2025
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Unfortunately, not everyone knows they have it. Many people in the U.S. have asymptomatic hepatitis B, says O’Leary, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.