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Trump celebrates CDC advisory panel's Hep B vote, directs HHS to speed up vaccine schedule review
ACIP voted earlier Friday to stop recommending infants receive the hepatitis B shot at birth, pushing it until a baby is 2 months old for children born to mothers who test negative for the virus.

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New York not changing hepatitis B vaccine guidance after CDC panel vote, health officials say
CDC advisers vote in support of major change to childhood vaccination
U.S. advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

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CDC advisers delay crucial vote on hepatitis B vaccination in tense meeting
CDC overturns policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
Vaccine makers raise concerns over US panel's shift away from hepatitis B shots for newborns
Many of the committee members, which were appointed by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, criticized the vaccine safety data and said that the ...

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Instant view: US vaccine committee scraps recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns
US panel votes to end recommending hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns

Map Shows 17 States Where COVID Cases Rising Ahead of Christmas

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in 17 states, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Trump signs off on nationwide vaccine schedule review as CDC withdraws infant hep B guidance: 'Fast track'

President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social Friday he signed a memorandum to review the 72-vaccine schedule required for all American children from infancy onward.

Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement

Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDC’s immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.
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