CDC approves new hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
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Vaccine panel's hepatitis B vote signals further turbulence for immunization policy, public trust
Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, preventable disease.
Under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials have changed guidance on hepatitis B vaccines, potentially affecting millions of California infants who are at risk of dying from liver cancer later in life if they contract the virus.
The overwhelming majority of physicians support hepatitis vaccination, despite a recent CDC panel recommendation, write R.I. doctors.
Despite new guidance from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on giving the hepatitis B Vaccine to infants, Pennsylvania’s Department of Health, some hospitals and the American