TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Vaccine advisers to the CDC voted 8-3 Friday to end universal Hepatitis B vaccinations at birth.

The committee members, appointed by U.S. Health Secretary RFK Jr., decided to recommend the dose only in cases where the mother has tested positive or was not tested.

While the recommendation has been made, the acting CDC director has not signed off on it yet.

Lara Larson, Vaccine Preventable Disease Program manager for the Pima County Health Department, said that since 1991, when the U.S. began the universal birth dose, there has been a 95% decrease in infant infections.

And for that reason, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln on the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted against the change.

“This has the great potential to cause harm, and I simply hope that the c

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