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CDC Advisors Punt on Changing Hep B Vaccine Guidance

The CDC's vaccine advisors postponed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine for infants, keeping in place -- for now, at least -- its longstanding recommendation that all babies receive the shot at ...
The Courier-Journal

CDC Hepatitis B vaccine recommendations ain't broke, so they don't need a 'fix' | Opinion

Proposals to remove the CDC's recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth are causing concern. The vaccine has reduced newborn infections from as many as 20,000 per year to fewer than 20 ...
CNN

CDC advisers vote to recommend against combo vaccine for young kids, delay vote on newborn hepatitis B shot

A meeting of advisers chosen by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine recommendations ended abruptly Thursday with ...
phillyvoice.com

Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the U.S.

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday – about half ...
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CDC vaccine panel to meet in December with vote on hepatitis B shots on agenda

An expert panel on immunizations appointed by the U.S. CDC will hold its next meeting in December, with its agenda including a vote on whether to recommend changes to the current Hepatitis B ...

CDC advisers could reverse hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for newborns

A group of advisers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could reverse a long-standing recommendation that every ...