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As the CDC vaccine panel voted last week to stop recommending the birth dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who n...
A panel of vaccine advisors approved by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted to drop the Hepatitis B shot from newborn vac...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine panel recommended this week that the hepatitis B immunization should not be given to ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted to change recommendations on Hepatitis B vaccines for children, recommen...
Some public health experts expressed concerns the recommendation could lead to an increase in hepatitis B infections in babies.
The committee also changed its recommendations for which babies should get the vaccine.
The group said babies born to mothers who don't have the virus should make "individual-based" decisions.
Health secretary Robert Kennedy has questioned the safety of the vaccine and has downplayed the risk of contracting the virus.
The current recommendation for babies to receive a hepatitis B shot within 24 hours of birth is credited with driving down infections in kids by 99%.
The former officials said the FDA's plans to revamp how certain life-saving vaccines are handled would "disadvantage the people the FDA exists to protect, including millions of Americans at high risk from serious infections."
