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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

RFK Jr ready to make major changes to when children get vaccines including delaying shots for newborns: report

An advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly preparing to recommend significant changes to vaccination schedules, including potentially delaying the hepatitis B shot given to newborns.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel is scheduled to discuss and then vote on the hepatitis B vaccine dose recommendation during a two-day meeting beginning Dec. 4, according to a meeting agenda and a report by the health policy organization KFF.

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