CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccines

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How RFK Jr., CDC recommendations could limit hepatitis B vaccine
An advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will vote Dec. 5 whether to recommend that children should be vaccinated against the highly infectious hepatitis B virus at birth o...

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CDC panel postpones vote on hepatitis B vaccine for newborns
CDC vaccine panel delays vote to stop recommending hepatitis B shot at birth
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

Kennedy advisers delay vote to drop hepatitis B vaccine recommendation, a major policy shift

Vaccine advisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday delayed a vote until Friday that could scrap the U.S. recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for all children, a move that would be the health secretary's most consequential vaccine policy change yet.

What to know about hepatitis B infection and vaccination

The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in infants and for long-term protection into adulthood.
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