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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
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Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review
Guinea-Bissau's health minister says the government is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African count…
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US cuts universal childhood vaccine recommendations, including covid and hepatitis
The overhaul is the latest in a host of sweeping changes made under the Trump administration by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
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Sanofi to acquire hepatitis B vaccine maker Dynavax for $2.2 billion
Sanofi will buy U.S. vaccines company Dynavax Technologies for around $2.2 billion (1.9 billion euros), the French drugmaker said on Wednesday.
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US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called 'highly unethical'
Experts decry 'neocolonialist' Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies. The Trump administration has indicated that it will…
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Scott Gottlieb says Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose prevents chronic infection
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 now serves…
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Trump praises new childhood vaccine recommendations after panel votes to drop Hepatitis B shot
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 vaccine sche…
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CDC vaccine panel votes to stop recommending Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted to change recommendations on Hepatitis B vaccines for children, recommending dela…
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RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel weakens recommendation on hepatitis B shot for babies, scrapping universal guidance
Some public health experts expressed concerns the recommendation could lead to an increase in hepatitis B infections in babies.
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CDC group no longer recommends hepatitis B shot for newborns. This is what it means.
The committee also changed its recommendations for which babies should get the vaccine.
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US vaccine panel votes to end recommendation for hepatitis B jabs for newborns
The group said babies born to mothers who don't have the virus should make "individual-based" decisions.
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They contracted hepatitis before the vaccine was given at birth - now the shot may be delayed again
Health secretary Robert Kennedy has questioned the safety of the vaccine and has downplayed the risk of contracting the virus.
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RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel to vote on changing hepatitis B shot recommendation for babies
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%.
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RFK Jr. wants to delay hepatitis B vaccine. Here's what parents need to know.
The three-dose hepatitis B vaccine has a long track record of safety, but rolling back recommendations could leave kids vulnerable to infections, doctors say.
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Cassidy says he's "very concerned" about possible hepatitis B vaccine schedule change
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician whose medical practice focused on hepatitis B, said he's "very concerned" about a potential change to th…
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Watch Live: CDC's vaccine advisory panel to vote on hepatitis B, COVID-19 vaccines
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., is meeting to discuss and vote on COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
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RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel postpones vote on whether to delay babies' first hepatitis B shot
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is considering revising a recommendation that has been in place since 1991.
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CDC's vaccine advisory panel to vote on measles, hepatitis B shots
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting to discuss and vote on hepatitis B and measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccines for chi…
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Kennedy's advisory panel is expected to vote on hepatitis B and MMRV vaccines
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RFK Jr.'s cuts to CDC eliminate labs tracking STIs, hepatitis outbreaks
The only lab in the U.S. capable of testing for and tracking antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, or "super gonorrhea,†was effectively shut down by layoffs.
