A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to vote on whether the agency should scrap its long-standing recommendation that every baby get a hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth.

The shot — universally recommended for newborns in the U.S since the early 1990s — is credited with driving down cases of acute hepatitis B infections in kids by 99% . The virus, which can be passed from mother to baby during childbirth, can lead to liver disease and early death. There is no cure.

Despite its success, the hepatitis B vaccine has become the latest target of skeptics who question whether the benefits of the shot outweigh potential risks.

A vaccine given on “day one has a risk of neonatal fever, which causes more interventions” like blood work

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