CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccines

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CDC vaccine advisory committee meets to discuss hepatitis B shot, childhood schedule
It marks the third meeting this year of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members, replacing them with his own hand-selected picks, many of whom have expressed vaccine-skeptic views.

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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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If the recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine is delayed past ages 2 or 3 months, pediatricians might avoid using those combination vaccines, Demetre Daskalakis, former director at the CDC's Natio...

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