CDC Officially Ends Hepatitis B Vaccines for Newborns. Experts Say It’s ‘Heartbreaking’

The hepatitis B vaccine, which 'virtually eliminated' the disease in children, will no longer be given at birth unless ...

CDC adopts controversial hepatitis B vaccine change

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending giving all infants a dose of the hepatitis B ...

CDC changes tack on hepatitis B shots in shakeup of vaccine policy

The decision comes less than two weeks after a committee of advisers to the agency, whom Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed this ...

Illinois should recommend hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns, committee says, despite federal guidance

Illinois should continue to recommend that nearly all newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, a state advisory committee ...
Fierce Healthcare

Medical groups decry CDC's decision to upend hepatitis B vaccine endorsement

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a major change to the childhood immunization schedule this week, ending a ...

CDC Drops Universal Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation For All Newborns

The CDC adopted controversial guidance from its advisory panel, ending recommendations for the Hepatitis B vaccine for all ...
American Hospital Association

CDC adopts ACIP recommendation for hepatitis B vaccine at birth

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Dec. 16 that it adopted individual-based decision-making for parents deciding whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine, including the birth dose ...
NPR Illinois

Illinois vaccine committee votes to keep recommending hepatitis B vaccine for newborns

The move marks the second time that state public health officials have broken away from guidance under U.S. Health Secretary ...
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CDC approves major change to nation's childhood immunization schedule

WASHINGTON - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a major change to the nation's childhood immunization ...