US EditionLouisiana Republican Says He’s ‘Very Concerned’ About Possible Hepatitis B Vaccine Schedule Change
Sen. Cassidy warns that changing the infant hepatitis B vaccine schedule could reverse public health gains of 20,000 fewer chronic cases over 20 years, urging caution.
- Next month, Sen. Bill Cassidy said he is very concerned about a potential change to the infant hepatitis B vaccine schedule as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices prepares to meet.
- As a physician, Cassidy said the birth-dose recommendation produced major public-health gains, reducing chronic hepatitis B by 20,000 over two decades and warning `This is policy by people who don't understand the epidemiology of hepatitis B`.
- Procedural moves by HHS prompted Cassidy to press for delays to ACIP meetings after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was `retiring` all 17 ACIP panel members, prompting Cassidy to call for postponement.
- The Dec. 4-5 meeting could resolve a vote the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices tabled in September on the pediatric hepatitis B vaccine schedule, with the draft agenda including related discussions.
- Public-Health messaging from Cassidy emphasized preserving CDC guidance, and he added `You live life forward.
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Louisiana Republican says he’s ‘very concerned’ about possible hepatitis B vaccine schedule change
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Sen. Cassidy: Changing Hepatitis B Vaccine Schedule Risky
Sen. Bill Cassidy, who is also a physician who has spent much of his medical career treating hepatitis B, said Sunday he's "very concerned" about potential changes to the disease's vaccine schedule for infants, saying that moving away from the recommendation for vaccines at birth could reverse decades of progress in prevention. "Because of the recommended hepatitis B vaccine dose at birth, we have decreased the incidence of chronic hepatitis B …
Sen. Cassidy says he's "very concerned" about possible hepatitis B vaccine schedule change
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician whose medical practice focused on hepatitis B, said he's "very concerned" about a potential change to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants.
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