newborn hepatitis B vaccine

To clear up the confusion around the recent CDC Advisory Panel change to the newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation.

For over 30 years, giving every baby the first hepatitis B shot at birth has been one of the safest, most effective public-health practices we have. It helped virtually eliminate infant hepatitis B in the U.S.
The new “shared decision-making” model may sound nice, but in real life it increases the chances that a newborn slips through the cracks with missed labs, late prenatal care, chaotic births, exhausted parents, etc. Hepatitis B in a newborn is serious: 90% of infected babies become lifelong carriers and face much higher risks of liver disease and cancer. The birth-dose prevents this.
This policy change is a step backward. Universal birth-dose was simple, safe, and protected every baby equally. 


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