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Advisers for the CDC voted to limit the vaccines – here’s what happened and why the vote is so significant

The CDC's vaccine committee has voted to roll back a universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, which is one of public health's major success stories.

The committee advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted on Dec. 5, 2025, to stop recommending that all newborns be routinely vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus – undoing a 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B infections in the United…

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One study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

Nearly two dozen states have seen cases of infant botulism in an outbreak that has taken an emotional toll on parents across the country

From 1990 to 2019, reported cases of acute hepatitis B among kids declined by 99% due to infant immunization

The US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, believes that aluminium in vaccines can cause health issues, such as neurological disorders, allergies and autoimmune diseases. This contradicts scientific evidence from many studies that have confirmed the safety of vaccines and aluminium “adjuvants” – substances that boost vaccines’ effectiveness.

A federal vaccine advisory committee is meeting in Atlanta to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born

The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade