RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel postpones vote on hepatitis B shot for babies
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy JR.’s vaccination panel, which was hand -selected by hand on Friday, voted for at least one month of birth for most infants born in the USA, delayed and delayed and delayed and delayed and delayed and delayed.
Decision, the committee Existing suggestion – All babies receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth. It is unclear that the panel, called the Advisory Committee or Acıp, will be collected again to discuss the hepatitis B shooting.
ACIP thought that women who tested negatively for Hepatitis B, which was introduced in 1991 and will change a safe and highly effective birth dose proposal in young children, would delay the first dose of the vaccine for their babies for their babies.
Some consultants advocated the birth dose advice during the meeting and said that the delay could bring potential risks to infants, including more infection. However, others, especially vaccine critics, have aroused doubt about the safety of the application of vaccine to infants very soon.
Covid won the fame to encourage the wrong information. Robert Malone took action to postpone the vote.
“I believe there is enough discussion about the security, activity and timing that I believe will be early today and a vote will be early today,” Malone said. He said.
All 12 members supported the movement. Dartmouth, Professor of Pediatry at the Faculty of Medicine. Cody Meissner, ” [of the birth dose] It predominates much more than negative side effects. “
The postponed vote only affects the timing of the first dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine series. The second would still be given one to two months after birth with a third dose of six to 18 months.
Also on Friday, the group voted to propose hepatitis B test for all pregnant women. Disease Control and Prevention Centers dismissed by the Trump administration, the most recent manager, must sign new and future suggestions of the committee.
Panel He followed the two -day meeting closely In Atlanta, Kennedy comes after appointing 12 new members, including some well -known vaccine critics. ACIP makes suggestions on who should take a certain shooting and which vaccines should meet free of charge and expresses concerns that Kennedy’s reshaped panel may prevent access to safe and effective vaccines.
Hepatitis B attraction, liver cancer and failure and death, including serious health problems that can cause a disease -saving public health intervention. Acute hepatitis B infections reported between children and young people who fell 99% between 1990-2019, some work in question. The American Academy of Pediatrics says the birth dose is critical to reduce chronic hepatitis B later in life.
On Thursday, consultants and other scientific experts clashed on the security of the birth dose.
“I believe that this vaccine is absolutely critical for infants who are treated,” Retsef Levi, who is vocal to oppose RNA vaccines, is absolutely critical. He said. “But this idea that we sit here with a terrible evidence and claim that there is no problem. [with administering the shot at birth] Trust does not build and this is not scientific, and the people here are not what they should expect from us. ”
However, Meissner said that changing the advice “will increase the risk of damage based on the evidence of benefit”. He added that there will be fewer children who take the entire Hepatitis B series series and that the application of the shooting at the hospital at least the first doses of babies.
“As people ask, why should we choose for a month? He said. “A very safe vaccine, a very pure vaccine. I think we will create new doubts that are not justified in the minds of the people.”
Before the vote, the Panel of the American Medical Association strongly called on the birth dose advice. Other experts other than the panel expressed the concern of changing guidance.
CDC Epidemiology Adam Langer, “I have not seen any data that says that waiting for a month is a benefit, but there is a series of potential damage to a month waiting for a month.” He said. He made a presentation Hepatitis B is at the birth dose, before the vote.
During the presentation, Langer said, “The sooner the Hepatitis B vaccine is provided after birth, the greater the effectiveness in preventing perinatal transmission,” Langer said. This means when a baby is infected with his mother during birth.
LensProducing one of the vaccines used starting from birth, the panel pushed back the proposed proposal before the official vote.
Dr. “Newborn hepatitis B vaccination poses a great risk for the health of the public and for the health of the people and for the health of the people,” Richard Haupt said. He said.
GSK Starting from birth, it produces another hepatitis B shot.
