New York and the other member states of the Northeast Public Health Collaborative continue to recommend hepatitis B vaccines for infants and children, despite the recent votes of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) votes do not change vaccination practices within our member jurisdictions,” the collaborative said in a press release today.
The vaccine advisory committee last week voted to recommend hepatitis B at birth only for infants born to women who test positive for the virus, or whose status is unknown. Women whose hepatitis B status is negative should talk with their doctors about vaccination, the recommendation says…