Move from CDC advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidance
Who’s allowed to get the hepatitis B vaccine in the US now?
Vaccine advisers for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted on Friday morning to limit hepatitis B vaccines in a major move signaling the Trump administration’s regressive approach to vaccines that have been given safely and effectively for decades.
The panel of advisers, hand-picked by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, decided to remove the well-established and far-reaching recommendation that all newborns in the US receive a hepatitis B vaccine.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/cdc-panel-rfk-hepatitis-b-vaccine
Author : Melody Schreiber
Publish date : 2025-12-06 01:40:00
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