CDC Updates Hepatitis B Vaccine Guidance for Infants

New Mexico Wellness Wire: New federal hepatitis B vaccine guidance

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday officially adopted "individual-based decision-making" for parents deciding whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine to infants.

Federal vaccine guidance is changing. Here’s what that means for Americans.

Since the second Trump administration began earlier this year, federal health officials have amended national vaccine guidelines, sounded alarms about the alleged danger of vaccines and called for sweeping changes around vaccine regulation. Several states have also introduced changes to vaccine policy. Illinois passed legislation empowering its Department of Public Health to set state vaccine guidelines rather than rely on federal guidance. Flor…

Committee 'reaffirms' hep B vaccine recommendation

CHICAGO — Illinois should continue to recommend that nearly all newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, a state advisory committee decided Tuesday, in a move that could represent another break with federal vaccine guidance.

NH bucks RFK Jr. on vaccine

New Hampshire parents will still be able to get their newborns life-saving vaccines against hepatitis B despite U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to curb the practice, according to a memo the New Hampshire Health Alert sent to…

NCDHHS urges parents to vaccinate infants for hepatitis B amid CDC's new recommendations

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has released a statement reminding residents of the importance of vaccinations.

CDC ends guidance that all newborns get hepatitis B vaccine

The CDC ended its recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns, shifting the decision to parents and providers.