Gov. Healey and Dr. Robbie Goldstein, state commissioner of public health, wasted no time blasting a vote by a panel handpicked by the nation's most prominent anti-vaxxer today to stop recommending all parents have their newborns vaccinated against Hepatitis B.

In a statement, Healey said:

This vote by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handpicked advisers is dangerous and wrong. I want the people of Massachusetts to know that your state Department of Public Health - led by an actual doctor and guided by science and data - continues to recommend that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine. We are going to continue to work with other states to ensure that all of our residents can receive the vaccines they need and want to keep them and their children healthy.

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