Vaccine committee votes to scrap universal hepatitis B shots for newborns despite outcry from children’s health experts
- Written by David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
For the past 34 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all babies receive their first hepatitis B vaccine at birth. FatCamera/E+ via Getty ImagesThe committee advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted on Dec. 5, 2025, to stop recommending that all newborns be routinely...


