Indpeendent UK - An advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly preparing to recommend significant changes to vaccination schedules, including potentially delaying the hepatitis B shot given to newborns.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel is scheduled to discuss and then vote on the hepatitis B vaccine dose recommendation during a two-day meeting beginning Dec. 4, according to a meeting agenda and a report by the health policy organization KFF.
Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, fired the entire 17-member panel earlier this year and replaced it with a group that includes several anti-vaccine voices.
The committee’s decisions are not legally binding, but experts warned any misinformation from this week’s meeting could lead parents to believe the hepatitis B vaccine is harmful to babies.
Hepatitis B is highly contagious and can cause severe liver damage. The disease is transmitted through blood and bodily fluids, and a vaccine dose has been recommended for newborns since 1991.
An advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. is reportedly preparing to recommend major changes to when children receive vaccines
An advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. is reportedly preparing to recommend major changes to when children receive vaccines (Getty Images)
If babies receive the dose within 24 hours of birth, the vaccine is 90 percent effective, and if they receive all three doses, 98 percent develop immunity that lasts for decades.
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