CDC, hepatitis B and vaccine
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Although a CDC panel changed its universal-immunization guidelines, families can still choose to vaccinate newborns.
Overall, the meeting was disorganized and farcical. Kennedy’s panel has abandoned the evidence-based framework for setting vaccine policy in favor of airing unvetted presentations with misrepresentations, conspiracy theories, and cherry-picked studies. At times, there were tense exchanges, chaos, confusion, and misunderstandings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s vaccine advisory committee has taken its most dramatic action on vaccines yet under the Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.