In a historic vote, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisers recommended narrowing the agency's hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns.

A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to change a long-standing recommendation that all newborns in the United States receive the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they are born.

The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, voted 8-3 that women who test negative for the virus should consult with their health care provider and “decide when or if their chi...