The federal immunization panel's decision to end the 34-year-old recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B has put babies at unnecessary risk while upending trusted medical guidance — all without any solid, science-based justification.

Worse, it could be the first step toward undermining decades of medical progress, as President Donald Trump and his public health leaders have suggested reassessing the entire childhood vaccine schedule, a move that could adversely impact the health of all children.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel is known, voted 8-3 last week to remove the recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead, birth mothers who test negative for hepatitis B s

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