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(166,309 posts) Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:48 AM Dec 5

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth [View all]

Source: AP

Updated 10:41 AM EST, December 5, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a leading anti-vaccine activist before this year becoming the nation’s top health official.

“This is the group that can’t shoot straight,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert who for decades has been involved with ACIP and its workgroups. For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses.

But Kennedy’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided to recommend the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive, and in cases where the mom wasn’t tested. For other babies, it will be up to the parents and their doctors to decide if a birth dose is appropriate. The committee voted to suggest that when a family decides not to get a birth dose, then the vaccination series should begin when the child is 2 months old.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-babies-hepatitis-b-10f8db54beb38c5cd39a94f8a3657752

They will be considered "persona non grata" for the next 3 years and state/regional entities will make the policy. They will kill their own MAGats.

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US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 5 OP

Illinois has enacted snowybirdie Dec 5 #1

Parents should demand their pediatricians follow the Illinois vaccination schedule. FarPoint Dec 5 #3

There are a couple "regional" health alliances/colaboratives BumRushDaShow Dec 5 #5

And yet he might be right about this one. TheRickles Dec 5 #2

Agree on this one vaccine- totally unnecessary unless the mother was at risk as a drug abuser biophile Dec 5 #4

So, your theory is that you can perfectly identify a subgroup of babies which ought to be given protection? xocetaceans Dec 5 #10

No, it's not for me personally to decide biophile Dec 5 #12

To be clearer, my post indicates that the knowledge a person needs to have in order to carry out what you seem . . . xocetaceans Dec 6 #21

Definitely not a libertarian or anti-vax; no ax to grind biophile Dec 6 #22

Some HepB + mothers aren't tested. Or they have false-negative results. mainer Dec 5 #6

Asian Americans are at higher risk. deurbano Dec 5 #7

So, your theory is that you can perfectly identify a subgroup of babies which ought to be given protection? What . . . xocetaceans Dec 5 #8

Utter hogwash. You don't know what you're talking about. PSPS Dec 5 #13

Wait a minute... maybe I misunderstood you... slightlv Dec 5 #16

What damage does giving every baby the Hep B vaccine cause? NickB79 Dec 5 #20

I should say that Magatry is a murder-suicide cult. ananda Dec 5 #9

I think waiting till babies are older is a good idea womanofthehills Dec 5 #11

Oh, please. The liver damage can already be happeinig before babies "are older." PSPS Dec 5 #14

Fevers are scary. But they are only one indicator in a myriad of symptoms used to diagnose problems. ... littlemissmartypants Dec 5 #17

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a baby killer. nt SunSeeker Dec 5 #15

So which ones will need it then? mdbl Dec 5 #18

In a brutal week for public health, the chairman on the Senate health committee could act. So why doesn't he? https://bs LetMyPeopleVote Dec 5 #19