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Fact-checking the CDC panel’s reasons for dropping universal newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
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Fact-checking the CDC panel’s reasons for dropping universal newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted Friday to end its recommendation that newborns be universally vaccinated against hepatitis B. Here are four fact-checks from the panel's deliberations.

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The CDC committee that helps set vaccine policy voted D... [5346 chars]

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