CDC panel to vote Friday on hepatitis B vaccine for newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel meets Thursday and Friday to discuss recommendations for the hepatitis B vaccine and the schedule of childhood shots.
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The CDC's vaccine advisory panel meets Thursday and Friday to discuss recommendations for the hepatitis B vaccine and the schedule of childhood shots.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday intensified his calls for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired.
Multiple CDC officials familiar with the situation said the change was made by political appointees without input from relevant agency staffers.
This week, a CDC advisory committee will gather in Atlanta to vote on recommendations that could change access to some shots.
Georgia Representatives Nikema Williams and Hank Johnson are among a group of more than 30 Democratic lawmakers urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep its long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
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