US EditionCDC Vaccine Committee Overturns Decades-Old Hepatitis B Recommendation for Newborns
The CDC panel voted 8-3 to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for most newborns, maintaining immediate vaccination only for babies born to infected mothers.
- On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to advise delaying the first routine hepatitis B dose until at least two months for most newborns, while recommending birth doses only for infants of mothers who test positive for hepatitis B.
- The panel's September precedent and new hires influenced ACIP's hepatitis B update, featuring anti-vaccine presentations and appointing Robert Malone as vice chair recently.
- Historical records indicate the universal birth-dose hepatitis B policy caused a 99% drop in pediatric infections, but CDC data show half of infected people are unaware and a quarter of pregnant women lack first-trimester testing.
- Implementation hinges on acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill signing off, as of Tuesday he had not, while insurer coverage and Medicaid and Vaccines for Children eligibility depend on the guidance.
- State officials are already moving, with more than 30 members of Congress sending a Dec. 3 letter urging O'Neill to keep existing guidance, and Florida Department of Health meeting Dec. 12.
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New Jersey legislators moved Monday to put state health officials in charge of vaccine guidance, after the CDC's controversial reversal on hepatitis B shots. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)A panel of New Jersey lawmakers advanced legislation Monday that would give state health officials — instead of the feds — the final word on immunization schedules and recommendations in the Garden State. Legislators were driven to act after a Centers for D…
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Montrose Daily PressCDC vaccine committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B recommendation for newborns
Members of a key CDC advisory committee, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, met in Atlanta on Dec. 4. Maya Homan/Georgia RecorderATLANTA — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted to eliminate a recommendation that all newborn babies receive a vaccine against hepatitis B, ending a policy that has been in place since 1991 to protect Americans against an incurable liver disease that can lead to cirrhosis…
Panel votes to stop recommending hepatitis B shots at birth for most newborns – PR informa
The committee did not change the recommendation that newborns of mothers known to be infected or whose status is unknown be immunized. (Freepik) By APOORVA MANDAVILLI A federal vaccine committee last Friday took a major step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of remaking the childhood vaccine schedule, voting to end a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B, a highly infectious vi…
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