CDC votes to roll back newborn Hep B vax recommendation, Healey says Massachusetts won’t comply

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has moved to abandon recommending hepatitis B vaccines for newborns in a 8-3 vote Friday by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Local experts fear gaps in protection as CDC recommends to limit birth hep B doses

Massachusetts leaders, including Gov. Maura Healey, condemned a CDC panel's vote to end the routine newborn hepatitis B shot.

CDC Vaccine Search Tool No Longer Works. Vaccines.gov Website Scrubbed

The CDC has removed the functionality of the search tool for the Vaccines.gov website and practically all the information on vaccines that used to be there.
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New Illinois law allows state to issue its own vaccine recommendations, independent of CDC

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a law that creates a state-level framework for vaccine policy and access, in response to uncertainty from the Trump administration.

What to know about the new CDC deputy director who has been critical of COVID vaccines

A top Louisiana health official has been appointed principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC Vaccine Guidance for Children Could Soon Change. Here’s What Illinois Doctors Are Saying

An advisory committee overseen by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisory board will meet Thursday to discuss the medical guidance of the hepatitis B vaccine, which is currently given at birth.

Gov. Pritzker signs bill allowing IDPH to override vaccine guidance from CDC

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a law that creates a state-level framework for vaccine policy and access, in response to uncertainty from the Trump administration.
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