A CDC advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. no longer recommends that babies get a hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health ...
The CDC's move follows a vote from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine advisory panel that entails a major ...
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A tale of two ACIPs -- how 2025 upended CDC's influential vaccine panel
ACIP advises the CDC director on how FDA-approved vaccines should be used. For example, the panel recommends which groups of ...
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CDC panel drops recommendation that all babies get Hep B shot at birth
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8-3 to instead recommend a shared clinical decision-making process for infants born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis ...
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CDC panel overturns 1991 newborn vaccine policy, triggering warnings of a public health backslide
Members appointed under RFK Jr. argued universal guidance was too broad, while medical groups said the change jeopardizes decades of near-eradication. A powerful advisory group within the CDC voted ...
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State health officials are going to continue recommending a hepatitis B shot for all newborns within 24 hours of birth despite a new recommendation to contrary Friday by ...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted Friday to end the long-standing recommendation that all babies get vaccinated against Hepatitis B. The ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel voted Dec. 5 to recommend not requiring the hepatitis B vaccine to be administered at birth for all newborns, instead suggesting some ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a ...
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'We must absolutely ignore them': Experts defy CDC panel's Hep B vaccine vote
A CDC vaccine advisory panel's decision to stop recommending universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns has sparked a split between federal advisors and the medical societies that guide clinical ...
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