Department of Pediatrics

CDC Panel Votes to Stop Recommending Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine

Written by CBS News | December 06, 2025

"The hepatitis B vaccine has ... one of the most well established safety records of any vaccine," Dr. Sean O'Leary, chair of the AAP's Committee on Infectious Diseases and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told CBS News ahead of the meeting.