CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccines

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CDC advisers delay crucial vote on hepatitis B vaccination in sometimes-tense meeting
In a meeting punctuated by conflict and confusion, the independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday again delayed a vote that could dramatically change hepatitis B vaccination practice in the United States.

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Kennedy’s handpicked CDC advisers to weigh major change to childhood vaccine schedule
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the childhood vaccine schedule, potentially delaying a dose of the hepatitis B vaccin...

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US vaccine committee's hepatitis B changes would be most consequential yet
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Fate of hepatitis B vaccine for US babies hangs in the balance
CDC panel postpones vote on hepatitis vaccine changes
Some members of the Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members complained on Thursday that they hadn't been given enough time to consider the proposed change be...

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Hepatitis B infant shot: Health experts concerned over potential changes in vaccine panel's guidance
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CDC advisers delay planned vote on hepatitis B vaccine for infants

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