Trump hails vaccine panel’s hepatitis B vote
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U.S. vaccine advisers on Friday scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot, a major policy win for health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr that disease experts say will reverse decades of public health gains.
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CDC advisers end universal hepatitis B vaccine birth-dose policy: What parents need to knowThe CDC’s hepatitis B birth-dose policy just shifted. Get clear, evidence-based guidance for your baby’s health.
The change represents a continued shift in the agency’s vaccine policy, reflecting increasingly skeptical views.
Conflicting recommendations leaves parents with more questions than answers when it comes to vaccines for their newborn children.
A vaccine advisory panel on Friday voted to end its recommendation that kids receive hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.
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