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ACIP Leadership Shake-Up Before Hep B Vaccine Vote Alarms Experts
The shake-up that resulted in Kirk Milhoan, MD, PhD, leading the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has stirred concern among public health experts ahead of this week's pivotal discussion and vote on the hepatitis B vaccine birth-dose recommendation.
A senior Food and Drug Administration official on Friday said the agency will change its vaccine approval process, alleging that Covid-19 vaccination resulted in the deaths of 10 children.
A CDC advisory group is meeting today and preparing to vote on whether newborns should still get a hepatitis B vaccine within the first 24 hours of life, a significant change from guidance that has been in place since the early 1990s.