US EditionWest Coast Health Experts Reject RFK Jr. Panel, Say Hepatitis B Vaccines at Birth Should Continue
The alliance rejects federal delays, citing a 99% drop in pediatric hepatitis B since 1991 and risks of chronic infection and liver disease without early vaccination.
- The West Coast Health Alliance said late Friday that all newborns weighing at least 4 pounds, 7 ounces should continue to receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours, rejecting new ACIP guidance.
- On Dec. 5, the CDC advisory panel recommended parents discuss with providers whether to give the birth-dose, pending approval from Kennedy or Jim O'Neill, CDC acting director.
- Infants face high risks, with up to 90 percent developing chronic infection and 25 percent dying prematurely; routine newborn vaccination since 1991 reduced pediatric infections by 99 percent, the Oregon Health Authority said.
- The alliance warned the advisory change lacks credible evidence and risks more liver disease and cancer, aligning with major groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
- The alliance was created in September to unify public-health guidance after federal regulators shifted policies this year; Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek backed the West Coast Health Alliance amid criticism of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s purge of 16 vaccine advisers.
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West Coast health experts reject RFK Jr. panel, say hepatitis B vaccines at birth should continue
The West Coast Health Alliance recommended this week that all newborns continue to receive hepatitis B vaccinations, rejecting new guidance from the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices put together by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who frequently disseminates incorrect scientific information.Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek — whose office said Friday that Kennedy “has aggressively weaponized the [U.S. Cente…
WCHA, DOH, LEADING NATIONAL MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND HEPATITIS B VACCINATION FOR NEWBORNS WCHA disagrees with CDC’s Advisory Committee’s change to decades-long vaccine recommendation that has reduced pediatric Hepatitis B infections by
WCHA, DOH, LEADING NATIONAL MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND HEPATITIS B VACCINATION FOR NEWBORNS WCHA disagrees with CDC’s Advisory Committee’s change to decades-long vaccine recommendation that has reduced pediatric Hepatitis B infections by 99% HONOLULU — The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) strongly supports that hepatitis B vaccination continue to be routinely offered to all newborns, with the first dose of the vaccine given w…
West Coast Health Alliance, CDPH, and leading national medical organizations continue to recommend Hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
States in the West Coast Health AllianceWCHA disagrees with CDC’s Advisory Committee’s change to decades-long vaccine recommendation that has reduced pediatric hepatitis B infections by 99 percentOLYMPIA – The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) strongly supports that hepatitis B vaccination continue to be routinely offered to all newborns, with the first dose of the vaccine given within 24 hours of birth for newborns weighing at least 2,000 grams…
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