U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is facing major backlash for criticizing Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. despite voting to confirm him earlier this year.

A federal vaccine advisory committee — made up of members appointed by Kennedy — voted on Friday to abolish the recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine the day that they are born. Medical experts , including Cassidy, blasted the decision and urged new parents to continue to vaccinate their children.

Cassidy urged the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to sign the new recommendations.

“As a liver doctor who has treated patients with hepatitis B for decades, this change to the vaccine schedule is a mistake. The hepatitis B vaccine is safe and eff

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