ChildHealth

CDC Panel Considers Ending Routine Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns

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**CDC Panel Considers Ending Routine Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns** A major decision is under discussion that could change how babies in the U.S. are vaccinated. For decades, nearly all newborns in the country have received the hepatitis B vaccine shortly after birth. But now, a panel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more

CDC Advisers Reevaluate U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule

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**CDC Advisers Reevaluate U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule** A group of expert advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met this week to review the childhood vaccine schedule used in the United States. This schedule, which determines when children receive certain vaccines, has remained mostly unchanged for decades. Now, the Advisory Committee on … Read more