CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccine
NBC News·2025-12-05 00:15

Welcome back. Turning now to the CDC where a vaccine advisory panel handpicked by HHS Secretary RFK Jr. . is weighing whether to scrap the AY's long-standing recommendation that babies receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.That vote, which was planned for today, is now expected tomorrow, giving newborns the Hep B vaccine, has been credited with driving down infections in kids by 99% since it was implemented. But it has become the latest target of vaccine skeptics, including some on the CD ...