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RI recommends hepatitis B vaccine for newborns

Why are hepatitis B shots given to newborns? Can birth doses wait? Here’s what to know

A federal vaccine advisory panel voted on Friday morning to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.

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ACIP updates recommendation for hepatitis B vaccine at birth

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RI recommends hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, despite federal vote

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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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Experts decry decision to end recommendation on hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns

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Instant View: US Vaccine Committee Scraps Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shot in Newborns

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Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said.

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US may align with Europe in delaying newborn Hep B vaccine dose

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CDC advisers delay planned vote on hepatitis B vaccine for infants

Hepatitis B: What parents should know about the virus and the vaccine

For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel may vote to end that routine vaccination. Here's what parents should know.

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You Can Now Give Yourself a Flu Vaccine At Home. What You Need to Know Before Trying

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. FluMist, a nasal spray version of the flu vaccine, is now available for many people for home delivery.

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What Pediatricians Really Think About the Most Common Vaccine Concerns

There is no established link between childhood vaccines and autism—that’s a sentiment echoed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), World Health Organization (WHO), and many more major health organizations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used to be on that list, too—until last week.

CDC's vaccine advisers are likely to make a controversial change to long-used vaccine

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.