Los Angeles County and California public health officials will continue to recommend hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns at birth, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s decision to roll back on its guidance , the LA County Department of Public Health announced Friday.

For decades, parents have been recommended to give their newborns the first dose of the vaccine against hepatitis B, a viral liver infection without a cure, within the first 24 hours of their birth. After the first dose, children typically get the second dose at 1 to 2 months, and the third between 6 to 18 months of age.

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But now under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., anti-vaccine activist, the CDC will give more con

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