A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a leading anti-vaccine activist before this year becoming the nation’s top health official.

In response, the Illinois Department of Public Health issued a statement saying it would continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this week a bill that calls for the state to issue its own vaccine guidelines through the newly created Illinois Immunization Advisory Committee. The law also calls for state-reg

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