Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDC’s immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.

Experts warn the decision could confuse doctors, burden families, and revive preventable infections as the committee reopens the entire childhood vaccine schedule.

The change represents a continued shift in the agency’s vaccine policy, reflecting increasingly skeptical views.

The committee called for "individual decision-making."

Sen. Bill Cassidy urges the CDC to reject new hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns, calling the proposed change "a mistake."

In significant move so far, the newly appointed US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisers voted Friday to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns, a massive shift in US immunization policy that experts say will lead to increased illness.