MADISON (WKOW) — Doctors in south central Wisconsin are observing a shift in vaccine sentiment among their patients. This change comes as advisers to the CDC voted Friday to end the recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.

Dr. Matthew Swedlund, senior medical director at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, said the decision to stop recommending the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is more about maximizing autonomy than concerns about risk.

Swedlund said there has been an increase in questions and concerns from people about vaccines recently.

He also emphasized that while hepatitis B is uncommon, the vaccine significantly lowers the risk of contracting it.

"There also aren't primary treatments that are particularly

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