Nearly all of those infected have been children and teens, and nearly all have been unvaccinated, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

Ericka Brown, local health official for Harris County Public Health, aims to improve community wellness by addressing both the medical and social factors that contribute to health disparities.

Infant botulism outbreak linked to ByHeart formula prompts warnings to major retailers, calls for tougher regulation.

Healthbeat asked 10 of the nation's largest maternity hospitals and systems that deliver the most babies about their policies for giving hepatitis B vaccines at birth and whether they are changing. Most wouldn't answer.

‘They get to reintroduce public health to America,’ says former assistant surgeon general as he shares insights on his students, outbreaks and the crisis at CDC.

Universal infant and childhood vaccination against hepatitis B, recommended since 1991, has reduced by 99% the number of reported cases among U.S. children, adolescents, and young adults.

The ACIP is also expected Friday to be briefed on the childhood immunization schedule by a vaccine critic, drawing outrage from U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy. "The ACIP is totally discredited," Cassidy said.

A CDC vaccine advisory committee – whose members were replaced with appointees of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – is scheduled to take another series of votes that could reshape longstanding recommendations to protect babies against the cancer-causing hepatitis B virus.

ByHeart’s recall of all of its formula products amid a growing nationwide outbreak of infant botulism has shaken the trust of moms and caregivers – not just in ByHeart’s formula, but also in formula made by other brands.

The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.