What the CDC Panel Hep. B Vaccine Decision Means for You
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Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to no longer recommend all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, ending the panel's decadeslong guidance that has helped lower the number of infections nationwide.
This vote is one of several times in the past year that CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has strayed from aligning its recommendations with those from leading medical societies and doctors...
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