US EditionUS vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
The committee voted 8-3 to limit the birth dose to newborns at risk, citing low hepatitis B risk for most babies and limited safety data on the vaccine at birth.
- A US panel of vaccine advisers voted to end the recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccinations at birth.
- The panel still recommends the vaccine for babies born to mothers who tested positive for hepatitis B.
- Public health experts expressed concern that this decision could lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.
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Only children whose mothers are already positive will be inoculated. The others will wait two months and the advice of the doctors.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has put an end to the recommendation that for over three decades in the United States provided for the administration to all infants of the hepatitis B vaccine, within twenty-four hours of their coming to t…
IDPH Statement on ACIP Action Regarding Hepatitis B Vaccine
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health today released the following statement from Director Dr. Sameer Vohra in response to the actions of the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP):“Since universal newborn vaccination began in 1991, hepatitis B infection among U.S. children dropped by 99%. Today, the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to remove its long-standing recommendation …
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The Baltimore SunDoctors rail against weakening hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
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