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CDC delay of infant hepatitis B shot likely to raise infections, studies show - The Washington Post
From The Washington Post via USVI News: Federal vaccine advisers to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted in December to recommend delaying the first shot until at least two months of age for infants born to mothers who test negative for the virus.
The Trump administrations decision to drop the long-standing recommendation that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth will likely lead to hundreds of additional infections …
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