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At 16 he learned he had hepatitis B. Now, a CDC proposal to delay vaccination worries him 2:31

A group of independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is meeting this week , and a key item on the agenda is the hepatitis B vaccine.

After presentations about the hepatitis B disease and vaccine safety, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, is expected to vote on whether to abandon the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for infants.

What is hepatitis B?

Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by a virus.

After an acute hepatitis B infection , many adults clear the virus. But acute in

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