NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) – A group of vaccine advisers to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday voted to remove the broad recommendation that all newborns in the U.S. receive a hepatitis B vaccine, in one of the most sweeping changes to vaccine policy under Kennedy’s leadership so far. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on which public health recommendations to adopt.

Here are some reactions to the decision:

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY MERCK, IN A STATEMENT: “We are deeply concerned by ACIP’s vote to modify the longstanding hepatitis B birth dose recommendation. This decision disregards decades of safety and effectiveness data that unequivocally support the hepatitis B birth dose; its removal ris

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