Do babies really need the hepatitis B vaccine? What we know as RFK Jr. moves to delay shots for kids

Over 296 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B, making it the most common liver infection in the world.

In an unorthodox move, CDC vaccine advisers table a vote on hepatitis B

The unorthodox decision follows a chaotic, unconventional voting process for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...
STAT

Key federal vaccine panel tables vote on delaying newborn hepatitis B shot

A CDC advisory panel voted Friday to postpone a vote on whether to delay infants’ first hepatitis B vaccine — temporarily ...

Why doctors say the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is still necessary

The CDC currently says a timely administration of a hepatitis B vaccine is essential to help prevent transmission of the virus from mother to child at birth. While efforts to test for this virus ...

C.D.C. Vaccine Advisers May Limit Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns

Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or ...
NBC Connecticut

Hepatitis B vaccine has sharply cut infections in children. Why are some against it?

The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies ...

Explainer: Why are hepatitis B vaccines given to newborns?

An advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has postponed a vote on a proposed change to the ...

CDC advisers vote to restrict MMRV vaccine options for younger children, delay vote on hepatitis B vaccine

A group of advisers for the CDC voted to narrow existing recommendations for the combined MMRV shot that protects against ...

Trump offers thoughts on vaccine schedules. Here's what the CDC recommends.

The recommended schedule of standard childhood vaccines was recently reviewed and voted on by the CDC's revamped vaccine committee.