CDC panel to vote Fri. on hepatitis B vaccine for newborns

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CDC panel ends call for all newborns to get hepatitis B shot
An influential panel of US vaccine advisers voted to revoke a longstanding recommendation that all babies receive hepatitis B shots within 24 hours of birth, a move expected to reverse the country’s progress toward eliminating the disease.

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Breaking: CDC Panel Votes to No Longer Recommend Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
CDC votes to halt Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns
Vaccine makers raise concerns over US panel's shift away from hepatitis B shots for newborns
Vaccine makers expressed concern on Friday's decision by a U.S. advisory panel to scrap its long-standing recommendation that all infants receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a shift that public he...

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Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
US CDC to decide on hepatitis B vaccine for newborns: All you need to know
Instant view: US vaccine committee scraps recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns
SENATE HELP COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BILL CASSIDY, REPUBLICAN OF LOUISIANA, ON X: "As a liver doctor who has treated patients with hepatitis B for decades, this change to the vaccine schedule is a mistake. ...

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Federal vaccine advisors say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth. Follow live updates.

For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth.
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