'We Are Doing Harm': RFK Jr.'s ACIP Guts Universal Hep B Vaccination at Birth

The steady destruction of the country’s public health pillars continues apace. This week, the reshuffled Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to overturn a vaccine policy in place for over three decades—a change that will almost certainly be carried out by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current secretary of Health and Human Services.

On Friday morning, the ACIP voted 8-3 to remove its previous recommendation that all children in the U.S. be vaccinated against hepatitis B starting at birth. In its place, the panel is endorsing “individual-based decision-making” for determining when most children should get their first hepatitis B shot. Many outside groups and experts have sharply criticized the ACIP’s about-face, noting that scant credible data was presented to justify suc