Vaccine advisers to Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday weighed in on whether to scrap a broad recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for children with a vote planned for later in the day in what would be the most significant shift in US vaccination policy yet under the health secretary The US vaccine panel has proposed that only infants born to mothers who test positive for hepatitis B would be recommended to get the vaccine For all other newborns the decision when or if to vaccinate should be left to parents in consultation with their healthcare provider it said
