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State health officials encourage hep B vaccine

Hickory Record 24 Dec 2025
State health officials say that parents should continue to have their children vaccinated at birth for hepatitis B after a federal advisory panel said the vaccine should not be a requirement ... .
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Florida vaccine debate: explaining chickenpox, Hep B, Hib and pneumococcus shots

The Brunswick News 18 Dec 2025
MIAMIFlorida’s surgeon general wants to do away with all state vaccine mandates. But the first step in his plan targets four specific vaccines. Earlier this month, the Department of Health had a meeting during which officials unveiled a ... .
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Taiwan to soon apply for hep C certification: Lai

Taipei Times 17 Dec 2025
A LONG JOURNEY. Years before implementing its hepatitis C elimination plan, Taiwan had already started expanding screening and treatment, the HPA head said. By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter ... .
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Pediatricians in Mississippi to still recommend Hep B vaccine for newborns despite CDC advisers’ vote

The Clarksdale Press Register 15 Dec 2025
Dr ... “You can’t stop the process once it’s acquired.” ... The current committee was hand-picked by U.S ... Kennedy Jr ... https.//www.pressregister.com/pediatricians-mississippi-still-recommend-hep-b-vaccine-newborns-despite-cdc-advisers-vote-69406edd1e273 ... .
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Physicians raise concerns about federal hep B vaccine change

Hastings Tribune 12 Dec 2025
Providers are reeling from a change last week by a federal agency responsible for setting and updating vaccination guidelines for American children and adults ... .
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Doctors Assail New Federal Hep B Vax Recs

The East Hampton Star 11 Dec 2025
The 8-to-3 vote changes the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation, since 1991, that the first of three doses of the vaccine be given right after birth ... Months after Mr ... Unlike a respiratory virus, Dr ... Nachman said ...   ... .
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Letters to the Editor: A ‘wayward’ committee puts children at risk by dropping hep B vaccine recommendation

The Los Angeles Times 10 Dec 2025
... to remove the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose that had been in place since 1991 (“CDC committee drops hep B vaccine for all newborns over objections from health officials,” Dec.
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Hep B shift is a mistake, superintendents pay, ranked choice voting

Newsday 10 Dec 2025
Hepatitis B shift an appalling mistake. I am appalled that a federal vaccine advisory committee has recommended that not all babies need to get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they are born ... The current federal panel, all appointed by Robert F ... ....
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