RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel delays hepatitis B shot vote

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RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel could soon upend the hepatitis B vaccine. What to know
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's vaccine advisory panel will debate and possibly delay a key immunization that protects babies from the hepatitis B virus.

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RFK Jr. vaccine advisers to revisit hepatitis B shot at birth
Vaccine Makers Raise Concerns Over US Panel's Shift Away From Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns
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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Kennedy Jr-backed panel scraps hepatitis B vaccine at birth, limits it to high-risk infants
Panel Votes to Stop Recommending Hepatitis B Shots at Birth for Most Newborns
Breaking: CDC Panel Votes to No Longer Recommend Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
The group, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), voted 8 – 3 on Friday morning to recommend the birth dose only for newborns whose mothers test positive for hepatitis B or ...

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New Hep B vaccine guidelines issued for babies as decades-old advice is scrapped
CDC vaccine panel ends recommendation that all newborns have Hepatitis B vaccine
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