Rfk jr s vaccine committee says hepatitis b shot can wait – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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RFK Jr.‘s vaccine committee says hepatitis B shot can wait.

On Friday, the handpicked CDC advisory group, containing several known vaccine critics, scrapped the three-decade-old recommendation to vaccinate all babies for hepatitis B at birth, instead delaying the recommended schedule to 2 months, if at all, for babies whose mothers test negative for the disease.

That’s a bad idea, according to medical groups and public health experts, and likely to lead to a rise in hepatitis B cases.

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