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Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children

The CDC currently recommends that all newborns get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine before leaving the hospital.  Pediatricians and infectious disease specialists are afraid that Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s appointees to a vaccine advisory panel will vote to change that, and recommend that the first shot is delayed until age 4. (Getty Images)
The CDC currently recommends that all newborns get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine before leaving the hospital. Pediatricians and infectious disease specialists are afraid that Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s appointees to a vaccine advisory panel will vote to change that, and recommend that the first shot is delayed until age 4. (Getty Images)

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