US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U. S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a leading anti-vaccine activist before this year becoming the nation’s top health official. “This is the group that can’t shoot...
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