Department of Pediatrics

Study Has Warning About Missed Hepatitis B Shots at Birth

Written by MedPage Today | April 24, 2026

Among 210,000 children who missed their birth dose, 73.2% of those born in 2014 still ended up getting fully vaccinated by age 18 months, but that percentage plunged to 55.3% for those born in 2023, reported researchers led by Joshua Williams, of Denver Health and Hospital Authority in Colorado.