The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to remove the universal recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
In Minnesota, one of the latest to see cases, two children have required liver transplants. One of them still waiting.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is investigating two severe cases of hepatitis in children.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is coordinating outreach events, conducting case investigations and contact tracing and providing hepatitis A vaccines to those at risk.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is urging people to get vaccinated against hepatitis A after seeing a sharp increase in cases this year.
State health officials say patients at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook may have been exposed to bloodborne infections because of lapses in infection control procedures.