US Vaccine Panel Poised to Delay Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns

An influential panel of US vaccine advisers is expected to reverse a longstanding recommendation that babies receive hepatitis B shots within 24 hours of birth, a change public health experts say is all but certain to endanger children.

The decision would be the most consequential action taken by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices since the group was recast under US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this year. The group will meet at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta starting at 8 a.m. local time and is scheduled to vote on the ...