A federal panel now recommends waiting until two months after birth to give babies the hepatitis B vaccine — a shift that has local experts sounding the alarm, according to WSTM.
Upstate Hospital’s Dr. Steven Blatt called the change “political,” not scientific, and urged parents to stick with the original guidance: vaccinate at birth. He warned that delaying increases the risk of liver cancer tied to early infection.
The CDC will decide whether to adopt the panel’s new guidance as official policy.
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