Philip Teresi

US Vaccine Advisers Eliminate Hepatitis B Shot At Birth and RSV On The Rise

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A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As the days in Central California get colder, doctors are seeing more cases of influenza and RSV in children. Doctor Amy Evans with Dizon Pediatrics said this season she's concerned about the newest flu variant - Subclade K. "It started in the UK, it's now in Canada and Japan. And it just got reported in Texas," said Dr. Evans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.