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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

ATLANTA (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee kicked off a two-day session on ...

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 ...
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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.