Leading OB-GYN group breaks with CDC on vaccine guidance for pregnant women for the first time

The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends pregnant women be immunized against the flu and COVID ...
CNN

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying until age 4 the ...
Everyday Health

CDC Panel Advises Major Change to Hepatitis B Vaccination for Babies

U.S. federal guidelines currently recommend that all newborns get a dose of a hepatitis B vaccine, but a CDC advisory committee has voted to change that approach. Here’s what’s at stake. Today a ...
WBEZ

Illinois officials will still recommend hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, despite new CDC guidance

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. A loud chorus of medical and ...
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CDC’s newborn hepatitis B vaccine advice stirs debate

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its recommendation for newborn hepatitis B vaccinations, lifting the previous guideline that infants receive ...
OPB

CDC advisory committee votes to stop universal hepatitis B vaccines for newborns

For more than three decades, the agency has recommended that all infants receive a hepatitis B vaccine, regardless of their risk status. Now, the vaccine will only be recommended for infants born to ...
CIDRAPOpinion

Obstacles to rotavirus vaccination prevent more widespread uptake in infants

Since its introduction, the rotavirus vaccine has reduced infant hospitalizations by about 80%. Yet uptake of the vaccine ...
The Hill

RFK Jr., CDC, in seismic shift, reduce number of recommended vaccines for children

Federal health officials announced an unprecedented shift in the childhood vaccine schedule Monday, reducing the number of shots the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends for ...