09/16/2025
This is more horrifying news for childrenā¦.imagine you are pregnant and become unknowingly infected with hep bā¦or you testing is wrong and you have a false negative resultā¦or you somehow donāt have adequate prenatal care ā¦or you are Infected with hep b. Protocols giving the Hep B vaccine within 24 hours of birth helps to protect these babies from getting infected and suffering the consequences of this horrible disease. As a pediatrician, I have seen postnatal vaccination and treatment work and hope that we can continue to help mothers protect their babies
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.