Federal panel could call for scrapping of infant hepatitis B vaccines this week
Two-day meeting under new, RFK Jr-appointed chair could see radical overhaul of US childhood immunizations policyA reversal of a decades-long program of childhood immunizations, including a recommendation to scrap hepatitis...
By Richard Luscombe · The Guardian World
Two-day meeting under new, RFK Jr-appointed chair could see radical overhaul of US childhood immunizations policy A reversal of a decades-long program of childhood immunizations, including a recommendation to scrap hepatitis B shots for newborn babies, could come as early as this week in a vote by an advisory committee of allies convened by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr . Speaking to the Washington Post , Kirk Milhoan, the new chair of the federal advisory panel on immunization practices, said members would vote whether to push for the axing of the hepatitis B requirement during its two-day meeting ending Friday. Continue reading...