US EditionHepatitis B Change Endangers Babies
The CDC panel voted 8-3 to rescind the universal newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for infants under 2 months, favoring targeted vaccination based on maternal infection status.
- On Dec. 5, the ACIP voted 8-3 to rescind the CDC's universal newborn hepatitis B recommendation, pending acting CDC director Jim O'Neil's approval.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s reshaped ACIP and supporters argue most infants are low risk, targeting birth doses to mothers who test positive or whose status is unknown.
- Doctors and public-health experts note `Hepatitis B spreads through microscopic amounts of blood or bodily fluids so tiny you cannot see them`, emphasizing high infant risk without vaccination.
- Lawmakers, including Sen. Bill Cassidy, say six Maine medical groups condemned the changes Friday and the Senate health committee will question HHS leadership amid state daycare and school vaccination exemptions.
- The committee also voted 6-4, with one member abstaining, to change the recommended vaccine regimen and ACIP suggested antibody testing before a birth dose despite imperfect maternal antibody testing.
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