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