Hepatitis B, vaccine recommendation
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Hepatitis B vaccines given at birth have essentially eliminated the disease in kids. A vote this week could upend that success.
The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies shortly after birth because hepatitis B — an incurable ...
A panel of US vaccine advisors will vote Friday on whether to rescind guidance that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
The first shot in the multi-dose vaccine has been recommended at birth for decades, but that could soon change.
Delaying hepatitis B shots would be RFK Jr.’s most disruptive change yet to immunization policy.
For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel may vote to end that routine vaccination. Here's what parents should know.