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Hepatitis vaccines credited as life-saving for Alaska children may be upended

Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in the state, but a CDC advisory committee voted to drop the vaccine recommendation for newborns.
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Vaccine committee’s vote to scrap universal hepatitis B shots for newborns needlessly puts children at risk (Opinion)

Vaccinating babies for hepatitis B at birth remains one of the clearest, most evidence-based ways to keep American children free of this lifelong, deadly infection. Despite that reality, the
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Please heed the advice of your baby's pediatrician on hepatitis B vaccine for newborns [editorial]

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.

Kennedy's advisers scrap hepatitis B vaccine guidance for most children in major policy shift

By Michael Erman, Julie Steenhuysen and Christy Santhosh Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. vaccine advisers on Friday scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot,
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