Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 19 voted to table a vote on delaying the first dose of a hepatitis B vaccine, which is currently recommended within hours of birth.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) members in an 11–1 vote tabled a motion that would have advised the CDC to recommend pushing the first dose back to a minimum of 1 month of age.
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