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CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns, Reversing Decades of Policy
Published 4 months, 3 weeks ago
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CDC vaccine advisers have voted to end universal newborn Hepatitis B vaccination and move to a high‑risk‑only approach. Pediatricians warn this reversal of a decades‑old policy could increase infant infections and undermine progress made since the 1990s. Critics say ACIP is ignoring long‑established evidence that universal vaccination prevents mother‑to‑child transmission.
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