"Family doctors are probably the best place to obtain trusted, first-point information about vaccines and other medicines, say experts, amid a growing and public conflict between the Trump Administration's health agencies and professional, independent medical groups. Forty-four such groups, including the American Medical Association (AMA) and American Academy of Pediatrics, co-signed a statement protesting a new recommendation by the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a high-level government advisory panel on vaccine safety and effectiveness."
"The ACIP voted that the hepatitis B vaccine, typically administered to all newborns in the US within the first hours of birth, be optional for all but those at highest risk of the infection. Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable viral infection that causes liver disorders, including often fatal cirrhosis and cancer. In September, the ACIP also recommended the MMRV vaccine that combines doses for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox-causing varicella, be split."
""The overwhelming concern that those of us watching these recommendations have, is how it is sowing distrust about our vaccines and our vaccine schedule and about the data that we have," Jodie Guest, a specialist in infectious disease based at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, told DW. "It's messy, it's confusing." Experts fear that it's getting more difficult for people in the US to figure out which medical advice to trust"
Family doctors are likely the most trusted first point for vaccine and medicine information amid a widening public conflict between US health agencies and independent medical groups. Forty-four professional groups, including the AMA and American Academy of Pediatrics, co-signed a protest over an ACIP recommendation change. The ACIP voted to make the hepatitis B vaccine optional for most newborns except those at highest risk and recommended splitting the combined MMRV vaccine. Hepatitis B causes serious liver disease including cirrhosis and cancer and is vaccine-preventable. The recommendation changes run counter to years of data optimizing vaccine schedules and risk sowing public distrust. CDC guidance typically supports ACIP recommendations for state health policy.
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