Do newborns need the hepatitis B vaccine to B healthy?

That’s slated to be deliberated Thursday at a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The influential vaccine advisory panel is expected to vote to recommend delaying a shot typically given at birth to age 4, NPR reported .

“There is going to likely be a discussion about hepatitis B vaccine, very specifically trying to dislodge the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine and to push it later in life,” Demetre Daskalakis, the former director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told the outlet.

“Apparently this is a priority of the Secretary’s.” 3

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long questioned the safety of vaccines, including those for hepatitis B. He o

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