CDC ends recommendation for all US newborns to receive hepatitis B vaccine
Change marks an abrupt end to 30 years of established medical guidance and follows vote earlier this monthThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all US newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.The agency’s move follows a vote...
<p>Change marks an abrupt end to 30 years of established medical guidance and follows vote earlier this month</p><p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all US newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.</p><p>The agency’s move follows a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/cdc-panel-rfk-hepatitis-b-vaccine">vote</a> from health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel that a birth dose should only be given to newborns whose mothers test positive for hepatitis B or whose status is unknown.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/16/hepatitis-b-vaccine-cdc">Continue reading...</a>
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