New York has no plans to change hepatitis B vaccine guidance after a Centers for Disease Control advisory panel voted to stop recommending a first dose for newborns.
New York City’s acting health commissioner called Friday’s vote against longstanding vaccine guidance “concerning and unscientific,” adding it will not change recommendations from the city or state.
“I want to be very clear, as the city’s doctor, that the standard of care in New York City and New York state remains that children who are born, babies who are born, should have a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of delivery,” Commissioner Michelle Morse said.
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The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to recommend delaying the hepatitis B vaccine until a child is 2 months old for babies born to mothers who test negative for the virus…