ACIP Votes to End Universal Hepatitis B Birth Dose, Despite Widespread Scientific Objections

Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special EditionBy Gina ShawOn Dec. 5, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to rescind the universal recommendation for a hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine for infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen–negative mothers—an unprecedented shift in national vaccination policy that infectious disease and pediatric experts repeatedly warned had no scientific justification and would predicta