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Saturday, December 6, 2025

hepB injection no longer mandatory upon birth for babies

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/long-awaited-vaccine-reversal-finally-arrives/ 
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ACIP, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, just voted 8–3 to end the universal Hepatitis B birth-dose recommendation and move instead to shared decision-making for infants born to hepatitis-B–negative mothers.

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Every pregnant woman in the United States is screened for hepatitis B. Only 0.5% of births involve a mother who tests positive. Newborns do not engage in behaviors that spread the virus. And yet, for 34 years, every child in America has been expected to receive a Hepatitis B shot on the first day of life."