Vaccine makers raise concerns over US panel's shift away from hepatitis B shots for newborns 06-Dec 15:56

Vaccine makers expressed concern on Friday's decision by a U.S. advisory panel to scrap its long-standing recommendation that all infants receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a shift that public health experts fear will undermine decades of public health advances.

Obamacare premium spikes could drive off enrollees, most want subsidy extension, KFF finds 06-Dec 15:41

About a quarter of Americans enrolled in Obamacare health plans said they would go without insurance in 2026 if COVID-era government subsidies are not extended past this year and premium payments double, a poll by health-research firm KFF found.

San Diego to pay $30 million to family of teenager shot dead by police 06-Dec 13:10

The city of San Diego has agreed to pay $30 million to the family of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a city police officer as the youth was fleeing another teenager who had opened fire on him, U.S. media reported on Friday.