Updated, Dec. 5: This story, originally published Dec. 4, has been edited to reflect the ACIP’s Friday vote to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccines for newborns.

The CDC’s new vaccine advisory committee met Friday and voted to drastically reduce children’s access to vaccines.

Most importantly, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to reverse the decades-long policy of administering the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of a baby’s birth.

Instead, the members focused on a narrower, risk-based approach, recommending the vaccine only for infants whose mothers test positive for the disease. If a mother tests negative, ACIP recommends that she decides if and when the baby should be protected, in consulta

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