A trustee with the American Medical Association on Friday condemned a federal advisory panel’s decision to end its long-standing recommendation that all U.S. newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 8-3 to recommend the birth dose only for infants whose mothers test positive for the virus.
Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, an AMA trustee, called the move “reckless” and said it “undermines decades of public confidence in a proven, lifesaving vaccine.”
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