CDC adviser: Newborn vaccine rollback 'wasn't based on data'

Dec 8, 2025 - 18:01
CDC adviser: Newborn vaccine rollback 'wasn't based on data'
Joseph Hibbeln, a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), said Monday that a vote to axe a recommendation that every newborn get the hepatitis B vaccine "wasn't based on data.” “I repeatedly asked for it, and no data of harm was presented. There were speculations,...