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CDC vaccine panel votes to stop recommending birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.

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CDC vaccine committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B recommendation for newborns

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CDC panel delays hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. What's next?

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CDC vaccine panel chair compares team to 'puppets on a string'

The newly appointed chair of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel privately expressed concerns about the committee’s independence, according to a transcript of remarks obtained by POLITICO.

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US Vaccine Committee Scraps Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shot in All Newborns

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Kennedy vaccine advisers 'turned back the clock,' experts say

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RFK Jr. Panel Ends Longtime Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shot at Birth

The move, made by a panel whose members were appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., drew swift condemnation from medical and public health leaders.

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Kennedy's Advisers Scrap Hepatitis B Vaccine Guidance for Most Children in Major Policy Shift

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Panel Votes to Stop Recommending Hepatitis B Shots at Birth for Most Newborns

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommends Individual-Based Decision-Making for Hepatitis B Vaccine for ...

“The American people have benefited from the committee’s well-informed, rigorous discussion about the appropriateness of a vaccination in the first few hours of life,” said Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services and CDC Acting Director Jim O’Neill.

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A New CDC Recommendation Could Mean a Big Change for Childhood Vaccines

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

Trust in CDC collapses as young adults turn to social media for vaccine advice, survey finds

Americans’ confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has plummeted, according to a 2025 National Foundation for Infectious Diseases survey, and many young people are