Tag: "hepatitis B"
US CDC ends guidance that all newborns should get hepatitis B vaccine, in major policy shift
World 10:36 17/12/2025The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all U.S. newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in consultation with a healthcare provider, to decide whether infants born to hepatitis B-negative mothers should get the vaccine, including the birth dose.
Kennedy vaccine advisers 'turned back the clock,' experts say
World 12:25 08/12/2025LOS ANGELES - U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus and may signal how other evidence-based vaccine policies can be undermined, doctors and disease experts said.
