advisers

US vaccine advisers say not all newborns need a hepatitis B shot at birth

by
US vaccine advisers say not all newborns need a hepatitis B shot at birth

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert … Read more

RFK Jr.’s advisers won’t recommend COVID-19 vaccines to Americans — calling them individual decisions

by
RFK Jr.’s advisers won’t recommend COVID-19 vaccines to Americans — calling them individual decisions

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked advisory panel declined to recommend COVID-19 vaccines for anyone on Friday — leaving it up to Americans to decide if they want the jap or not.  The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to move away from broad recommendations for the vaccine and instead suggested people make individual decisions, … Read more