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CDC committee drops hep B vaccine for all newborns

CDC committee drops hep B vaccine for newborns over objections from health officials

A CDC advisory panel voted Friday to stop recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, potentially putting the preventative measure out of reach for millions of poor families.

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Kennedy’s vaccine advisory committee delays vote on hepatitis B shots for newborns

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State health officials, providers disagree with recent vaccine guidance

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US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

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CDC's vaccine advisory panel votes to end Hepatitis B recommendation for newborns

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Maryland health officials highlight importance of hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns despite CDC vote

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Chairman of vaccine committee leaves for new HHS job

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial vaccine advisory committee will be meeting later this week under a new chairperson, federal officials announced Monday.

Under restructuring threat, CDC committee mulls controversial childhood vaccine changes

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met on Dec. 4 and 5, as Democratic senators led by Colorado’s John Hickenlooper introduced a bill to “protect scientific

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CDC vaccine advisory committee meets to discuss hepatitis B shot, childhood immunization schedule

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee is set to meet Thursday and Friday to discuss the childhood vaccine schedule, adjuvants and contaminants, and the hepatitis B shot.

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Kennedy Adds Five New Members to Vaccine Committee

The committee, whose members were appointed by the health secretary and include vaccine skeptics, will meet on Thursday to review recommendations for several shots. By Apoorva Mandavilli Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has added five new members to ...

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Insurance coverage of hepatitis B vaccine won’t change, industry and officials say

Parents will still be able to get the hepatitis B vaccine for their children at no cost even though the US Centers for Disease and Control Prevention’s vaccine advisers recommended a major change to the immunization practice.

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KFF Health News: In Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Upside-Down World of Vaccines, Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot at Birth

December 6, 2025 - By Arthur Allen - Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent or slow dementia, and a single human papillomavirus shot protects a girl from cervical cancer for the rest of her life.

Colorado Public Radio

‘Personality differences’ behind the sudden absence of Rep. Dusty Johnson from Health Committee

For the last three weeks, six hearings in total, the Colorado House Health and Human Services Committee has been missing one of its newest members: freshman Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson of Fort Morgan. House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese is in charge of ...