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CDC Panel Set to Vote on Hepatitis B Vaccine for Newborns
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Public health experts warn any delay to the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could threaten decades of progress.
The nation's top vaccine advisory panel is expected to debate on Thursday whether to delay the first dose of the hepatitis B shot.
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One initiative, a call for increasing hepatitis B screening in pregnant women, could have immediate vaccine policy implications. The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, is set to meet early next month and discuss the hepatitis B vaccine.
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