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CDC advisers vote to restrict MMRV vaccine, delay vote on hepatitis B

The CDC vaccine advisory committee, called ACIP, voted 8-3 to narrow the recommendations. One person abstained from voting ...

What to Know About the Hepatitis B Vaccine as Federal Panel Weighs Changes

Hepatitis B can either be acute or chronic and is potentially fatal. Symptoms include “fever, feeling tired, not wanting to ...

CDC advisers vote to recommend against combo vaccine for young kids, delay vote on newborn hepatitis B shot

A meeting of advisers chosen by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide US Centers for Disease ...

Kennedy's advisory panel is expected to vote on hepatitis B and MMRV vaccines

ATLANTA — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets Thursday to begin a two-day session ...

RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel delays hepatitis B shot vote, but makes changes to another shot

Current ACIP guidance recommends all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccine in three doses. The first dose is given within ...

CDC vaccine panel votes to limit use of a childhood vaccine as COVID, hepatitis B decisions loom

A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendations around ...
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Key federal vaccine panel debates delay to newborn hepatitis B shot, risking resurgence

Experts fear that delaying the newborn hepatitis B shot will lead to more people with chronic liver infections and ...

Hepatitis B in the spotlight: What to know about the viral infection

Medical experts say vaccination is the best prevention method for hepatitis B, a liver infection that can be acute or chronic. The disease has no cure and can cause a variety of complications.

CDC Panel to Vote on Delaying Babies’ First Hepatitis B Shot

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to vote Thursday on whether to recommend delaying the first dose of ...