Hepatitis B Vaccines in Infants: Helpful or Harmful?

The fight over the effectiveness of vaccines and their safety is a heated debate. Unfortunately, most of society views it as a black or white issue. While it’s hard to decide which vaccines actually work to protect people from the diseases they were created to eradicate, a few have proven unnecessary, even harmful. Take the hepatitis B vaccination that’s been recommended by federal health officials since 1991 for all infants and children. Currently, the hepatitis B vaccine is mandated by 47 states for children to attend school or a daycare, despite over whelming evidence that the side effects of this …read more