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CDC drops hepatitis B shot recommendation for some infants

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Tuesday formally dropped the decades-old federal recommendation that all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.

Why it matters: The widely anticipated move marks the Trump administration's first major change to the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule and turns one of vaccine critics' top priorities into official government policy.


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