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In hepatitis B vaccine debate, CDC panel sidesteps key exposure risk
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel postponed a vote on delaying newborn hepatitis B shots amid debate over transmission risks and evidence supporting early vaccination.
- At the ACIP meeting, members debated postponing the newborn hepatitis B vaccine dose until 1 month and tabled the vote after Joseph Hibbeln raised wording inconsistencies.
- The Trump administration pushed to delay the newborn hepatitis B vaccine, with President Donald Trump falsely claiming `Hepatitis B is sexually transmitted. There's no reason to give a baby that's almost just born hepatitis B` at a White House event.
- Adam Langer presented evidence that unvaccinated children born to hepatitis B-negative mothers became infected, noting the virus can survive over seven days on common surfaces in everyday environments.
- Pediatric vaccination recommendations have nearly eliminated hepatitis B in American-born children, with case rates declining by more than 99% from 1990 to 2022, while babies infected at birth face a 90% chronic infection risk and insurance coverage depends on ACIP recommendations.
- The ACIP will meet again on Oct. 22, after the previous agenda was posted less than a week before with little detail, while some panel members downplayed household transmission risks despite CDC expert warnings.
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In Hepatitis B Vaccine Debate, CDC Panel Sidesteps Key Exposure Risk
The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children. This comes despite a failed attempt to do so at the most recent meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Both President Donald Trump and some newly appointed ACIP members have mischaracterized how the liver disease spreads, according to medic…
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