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fromFuturism
4 weeks agoTrump's HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as "Fake" and "Powerless"
the research would have followed 14,000 infants in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau. The problem? Only 7,000 of those newborns would have received an urgently needed hepatitis B vaccine, in order to compare the two groups. On top of the flagrant ethics violations, the total cost of the research would have exceeded the cost to pay for "over a decade's worth of Hepatitis B vaccine birth doses [for everyone] in Guinea-Bissau."
Public health
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months agoUpdated US guidelines for the hepatitis B vaccine in newborns: What they say and why they're controversial
ACIP approved allowing the first hepatitis B vaccine dose for newborns of hepatitis B–negative mothers to be delayed until two months, pending CDC ratification.
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fromTruthout
2 months agoKennedy's Hand-Picked Vaccine Panel Votes to End Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns
A CDC advisory committee appointed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to end the long-standing newborn hepatitis B vaccination recommendation despite rising vaccine-preventable outbreaks.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoFederal panel could call for scrapping of infant hepatitis B vaccines this week
US immunization advisory panel may remove the newborn hepatitis B vaccine requirement and reconsider the childhood vaccination schedule amid concerns about allergies and autoimmune disorders.
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