CDC panel delays vote on newborn hepatitis B vaccine

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CDC panel to vote Friday on hepatitis B vaccine for newborns
Update: The CDC's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to stop recommending the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Read the latest here. Our earlier coverage is below.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel is holding two days of meetings about childhood vaccine schedules,

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CDC votes to roll back newborn Hep B vax recommendation, Healey says Massachusetts won’t comply
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CDC panel votes to revoke newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
Vaccine makers raise concerns over US panel's shift away from hepatitis B shots for newborns
Vaccine makers expressed concern on Friday's decision by a U.S. advisory panel to scrap its long-standing recommendation that all infants receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a shift that public he...

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Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
US vaccine panel votes to end recommendation for hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
How RFK Jr., CDC recommendations could limit hepatitis B vaccine
Since the current three-dose regimen was adopted in 1991, hepatitis B infections among children and teens have dropped 99%, USA TODAY reported.

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Instant view: US vaccine committee scraps recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns
CDC Panel Ends Call for All Newborns to Get Hepatitis B Vaccine

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