Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is blasting a federal vaccine advisory panel as “totally discredited” just as it prepares to vote on changes to hepatitis B vaccine guidance — a matter important to the Louisiana physician and longtime liver specialist.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is weighing whether to roll back its long-standing recommendation that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth if the mother tests negative or has an unknown status.
Instead, the panel is considering shifting to an “individual-based decision-making” model — a move Cassidy says could undermine years of proven public health practice.
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