Change marks an abrupt end to 30 years of established medical guidance. and follows vote earlier this month

Change marks an abrupt end to 30 years of established medical guidance and follows vote earlier this month

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all US newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.

The agency’s move follows a vote from health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel that a birth dose should only be given to newborns whose mothers test positive for hepatitis B or whose status is unknown.

The CDC will now advise parents to consult a healthcare provider to decide whether infants born to hepatitis B-negative mothers should get the vaccine, including the birth dose.

  • neuromorph@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    based on Norway not doing it,. but we ignore that Norway has universal health care and far fewer incidences of parents transmission to children. also we only match Norway’s numbers with the vaccine in place