CNN Anchor Stunned as CDC Vaccine Advisor Warns Newborn Jabs Rollback ‘Wasn’t Based on Data’

David Gilmour Dec 8th, 2025, 12:39 pm

CNN anchor Pamela Brown was left asking how Americans could “trust” the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after a sitting vaccine advisor’s stunning revelation Monday that the vote to rollback hepatitis B shots for newborns “wasn’t based on data” but “speculation.”

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8–3 on Friday to advise that babies receive the vaccine at birth only if their mothers test positive for the virus, or if their status is unknown. For infants born to hepatitis B-negative mothers, the panel said vaccination should be discussed with a physician rather than automatically administered.

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