Illinois Hep B guidelines conflict with federal government recommendations

Illinois vaccine committee votes to keep recommending hepatitis B vaccine for newborns - IPM Newsroom

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Illinois vaccine committee votes to keep recommending hepatitis B vaccine for newborns

The state’s vaccine advisory committee voted Tuesday to reaffirm and continue the practice of administering the hepatitis B vaccine to all healthy and stable infants within 24 hours of birth in Illinois.The recommendation once again puts the state at odds with federal health officials who this month voted to end longstanding guidance to give newborns the vaccine to prevent liver infection and chronic disease.The committee’s recommendations will …

Illinois should recommend hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns, committee says, despite federal guidance

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. The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously Tuesday that Illinois “reaffirm and maintain” the recommendation that nearly all babies be given the vaccine within 24 hours of birth. The c…

Illinois Hep B guidelines conflict with federal government recommendations

Illinois has passed a new law allowing the state's Department of Public Health to make its own recommendations for vaccines, potentially opposing federal guidelines.

DAILY DOSE: Racial Profiling Erupt at U.S. Federal Vaccine Panel on Hep B; U.S. Congress orders new security restrictions on researchers.

Racial Profiling Fears Erupt at Federal Vaccine Panel as Hep B Birth-Dose Guidance Shifts At a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), public commenters and nonvoting liaisons said discussions about hepatitis B prevention were tainted by anti-immigrant and racially charged rhetoric, including repeated references to Asian and other immigrant groups as sources of infection. Physician Su Wang, who lives with…