CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccines

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CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccines after unruly, misinformation-filled meeting
In a chaotic meeting on Thursday rife with misinformation, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel — whose members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired in June and replaced with a group that has larg...

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CDC advisers delay crucial vote on hepatitis B vaccination in sometimes-tense meeting
CDC panel delays vote on newborn hepatitis B vaccine as Polk County sees rise in cases
Kennedy’s handpicked CDC advisers to weigh major change to childhood vaccine schedule
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the childhood vaccine schedule, potentially delaying a dose of the hepatitis B vaccin...

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US vaccine committee's hepatitis B changes would be most consequential yet
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Fate of hepatitis B vaccine for US babies hangs in the balance
CDC panel postpones vote on hepatitis vaccine changes
Some members of the Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members complained on Thursday that they hadn't been given enough time to consider the proposed change be...

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Hepatitis B infant shot: Health experts concerned over potential changes in vaccine panel's guidance
CDC poised to decide on hep B vaccine for newborns amid pressure from Trump officials
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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 birth. Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization ...
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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. An alternative strategy suggests relying on maternal ...
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