RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel says not all newborns need Hep B shots

The CDC's committee of vaccine advisers voted Friday to do away with the universal hepatitis B birth dose recommendation — fulfilling a longtime priority of the anti-vaccine movement.

By a margin of 8-3, the panel voted to end the blanket recommendation that all infants get vaccinated at birth, maintaining that guidance only for infants whose mothers test positive for the infection or have unknown status. A mother can pass the infection, which can cause severe liver disease and cancer, to her infant at birth...