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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Starting this week, babies born in many states will no longer receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth except in ...

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Dec. 8, 2025 – Hepatitis B vaccination is drawing renewed attention after a CDC advisory panel on Friday voted to no longer recommend the shot for all newborns. The call has drawn strong reaction from ...

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 ...

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine panel voted eight to three in favor of abandoning the universal recommendation of vaccinating newborns for hepatitis B, a dramatic ...

New moms and their babies will likely see a change in preventative treatment after they give birth, because of a decision by a federal vaccine panel that weakens longstanding guidance on the hepatitis ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Friday publicly called for the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reject a vaccine advisory panel’s recommendation to no longer ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours ...

Federal vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have voted to eliminate a recommendation that all babies be vaccinated against hepatitis B on the day of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A CDC panel voted Friday to change the recommended birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Public insurance ...