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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8 to 3 on Friday to recommend that parents of infants born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B consult with healthcare providers about whether their baby should receive the vaccine at birth.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8 to 3 on Friday to recommend that parents of infants born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B consult with healthcare providers about whether their baby should receive the vaccine at birth.

The committee suggested that for infants not receiving the birth dose, the initial hepatitis B vaccine should be administered no earlier than two months of age, while maintaining the recommendation that newborns whose mothers test positive for the virus or whose status is unknown receive the vaccine.

The committee suggested that for infants not receiving the birth dose, the initial hepatitis B vaccine should be administered no earlier than two months of age, while maintaining the recommendation that newborns whose mothers test positive for the virus or whose status is unknown receive the vaccine.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all previous Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members in June and replaced them with a group that has largely expressed skepticism of vaccines, according to multiple reports.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all previous Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members in June and replaced them with a group that has largely expressed skepticism of vaccines, according to multiple reports.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a liver doctor who chairs the Senate's health committee and voted to confirm Kennedy as health secretary, said the panel's new recommendation is a mistake and urged Acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill not to adopt it, stating it makes America sicker.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a liver doctor who chairs the Senate's health committee and voted to confirm Kennedy as health secretary, said the panel's new recommendation is a mistake and urged Acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill not to adopt it, stating it makes America sicker.

Cases of acute hepatitis B among children plummeted 99% from 1990 to 2019 after the CDC began recommending a universal birth dose in 1991, and a CDC analysis estimated that hepatitis B vaccination prevented more than 6 million infections and nearly 1 million hospitalizations among children born from 1994 to 2023.

Cases of acute hepatitis B among children plummeted 99% from 1990 to 2019 after the CDC began recommending a universal birth dose in 1991, and a CDC analysis estimated that hepatitis B vaccination prevented more than 6 million infections and nearly 1 million hospitalizations among children born from 1994 to 2023.

The committee also voted 6 to 4, with one abstention, to recommend that parents consider antibody testing for children after a dose of hepatitis B vaccine to determine whether the child needs further doses, though several panel members noted there is no data supporting that a single dose would provide long-lasting protection.

The committee also voted 6 to 4, with one abstention, to recommend that parents consider antibody testing for children after a dose of hepatitis B vaccine to determine whether the child needs further doses, though several panel members noted there is no data supporting that a single dose would provide long-lasting protection.

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