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RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel delays hepatitis B shot vote

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

Change is potentially on the horizon for the federal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation.

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

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

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

Votes are expected Thursday afternoon on hepatitis B and on a combined shot against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, but Department of Health and Human Services officials have not said exactly...

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Kennedy advisers vote against MMRV shot for children under 4

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Head of RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC vaccine advisory panel challenges former agency directors to debate

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Hepatitis B vaccine Q&A: Why do babies need the shot?

Since the hepatitis B vaccine was recommended for all babies at birth in 1991, new cases in the United States have declined significantly, especially among young people. The people at highest risk for contracting hepatitis B include health care workers, IV drug users and people having sex.

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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.

The Hepatitis B Vaccine Is Under Threat. Here’s What to Know.

Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when a vaccine committee recommended all newborns receive the shot.

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Why doctors say the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is still necessary

The CDC currently says a timely administration of a hepatitis B vaccine is essential to help prevent transmission of the virus from mother to child at birth. While efforts to test for this virus during pregnancy have improved detection, cases can still be missed, or documentation may be inaccurate or incomplete.

Fired CDC director says Kennedy plans to change children's vaccine schedule

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told former CDC Director Susan Monarez two days before she was fired that the childhood vaccination schedule would change i, Monarez told a Senate panel on Wednesday.