Vaccine Committee Recommends Ending Universal Newborn Hep B Shot
Update: 2025-12-05
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Federal vaccine advisory committee votes to end universal hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, sparking concern among medical leaders. The committee, appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior, recommends the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive for hepatitis B or in cases where the mother was not tested. The decision marks a return to a public health strategy abandoned more than three decades ago. The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to decide later whether to accept the new recommendation, with many health experts and public figures urging against it, fearing an increase in hepatitis B cases.
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