CDC advisory panel votes to limit hepatitis B vaccines for newborns
Move from RFK Jr’s advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidanceThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s vaccine advisers voted on Friday morning to limit hepatitis vaccines in a major move signaling the Trump administration’s regressive...
<p>Move from RFK Jr’s advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidance</p><p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s vaccine advisers voted on Friday morning to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/cdc-hepatitis-b-vaccine">limit</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/rfk-jr-hepatitis-b-vaccine">hepatitis vaccines</a> in a major move signaling the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>’s regressive approach to vaccines that have been given safely and effectively for decades.</p><p>The panel of advisers to the US health secretary, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr">Robert F Kennedy Jr</a>, decided to remove the well-established and far-reaching recommendation that all newborns in the US receive a hepatitis B vaccine.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/cdc-panel-rfk-hepatitis-b-vaccine">Continue reading...</a>
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