CDC Adviser: Newborn Vaccine Rollback ‘Wasn’t Based on Data’

Comment: CDC vaccine panel’s hep B reversal leads parents astray

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington It isn’t empowering parents to make their own decision; it’s misleading them in a dangerous direction. Comment: CDC vaccine panel’s hep B reversal leads parents astray Wire Service

'We Must Absolutely Ignore Them': Experts Defy CDC Panel's Hep B Vaccine Vote

(MedPage Today) -- A CDC vaccine advisory panel's decision to stop recommending universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns has sparked a split between federal advisors and the medical societies that guide clinical care. After the recently...

Mass. doc on CDC no longer recommending Hepatitis B shots for newborns

Mass General Brigham's Dr. Scott Hadland says he is among pediatricians who are "worried and shocked" about the CDC's recommendation. Hadland says despite the enormous benefit of Hep B vaccines for newborns, the CDC panel they made a decision to vote against universal Hep B vaccines.

New Mexico heath officials recommend hepatitis B shot for newborns, breaking with feds

The move comes after federal health officials voted to end the long-standing recommendation that all babies get a dose of the vaccine on the day they’re born.

CDC adviser: Newborn vaccine rollback ‘wasn’t based on data’

Joseph Hibbeln, a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), said Monday that a vote to axe a recommendation that every newborn get the hepatitis B vaccine “wasn’t based on data.” “I repeatedly asked for it, and no data of harm was presented. There were speculations,…

Lisa Jarvis: CDC panel’s hepatitis B vaccine vote undid decades of progress

In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes U.S. vaccine policy will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccination shortly after birth.