The panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines voted on Dec. 4 to delay a vote on whether to change recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination, the first vaccine that many children receive in the United States.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) members voted 6–3 to defer votes to Friday.
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, the panel’s new chairman, was not present during the vote and will not be available tomorrow because he is traveling to Asia, Dr. Robert Malone, ACIP’s vice chair, said.
Some members said they wanted to delay the votes over concerns about a last-minute change to the voting language….