Fallout from CDC panel’s vote on Hep B vaccine

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CDC panel votes to stop recommending birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a first dose within 24 hours of birth — as the CDC has advised for more than 30 years — the panel voted to recommend delaying it until a child is 2 months old for children born to mothers who test negative for the virus.

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CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
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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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WCHA recommends babies get the first of the hepatitis B vaccine within the first 24 hours of them being born, which is also the recommendation of medical organizations like the American Academy of Ped...

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