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The secretary of health and humania, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., postponed a vote on Friday
The decision means that the current recommendation of the committee -that all infants receive a hepatitis -B vaccine within 24 hours after birth until the group meets again at a later date. It is unclear when the panel, the advisory committee for immunization practices or ACIP has called, is called again to discuss the hepatitis B shot.
Acip considered whether the first dose of the vaccine up to at least one month for babies of women who negatively test Hepatitis B.
Some consultants defended the recommendation of the birth dose during the meeting and said that the delay could introduce potential risks for babies, including more infections. But others, especially those who are well -known vaccination critics, have given doubts about the security of administering the vaccine of babies so soon.
Dr. Robert Malone, who was known for promoting the misinformation in Covid, brought the application to postpone the vote.
“I believe that there is enough ambiguities and enough remaining discussion about security, effectiveness and timing that I believe that today’s coordination is premature,” said Malone.
All 12 members supported the application. Dr. Cody Meissner, professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, said: “I don’t think [of the birth dose] All disadvantageous side effects outweigh far. “
The shifted coordination only affects the time of the first dose of hepatitis -B vaccine series. The second would still get one to two months after birth with a third dose between six and 18 months.
Also on Friday, the group voted recommended hepatitis B tests for all pregnant women. The centers for the control and prevention of diseases, the youngest director of which was displaced by the Trump administration, must sign the new and future recommendations of the committee.
Kennedy finds out the closely observed two -day meeting of the committee in Atlanta and appointed 12 new members, including some well -known vaccine critics. ACIP sets recommendations about who receives certain recordings and which vaccines the insurers have to cover free of charge, and the concerns of the health experts that Kennedys could redesign the panel to access safe and effective immunizations.
The Hepatitis B shot was a life-saving public health intervention against the disease, which can lead to serious health problems, including liver cancer and failure and death. In children and teenagers, acute hepatitis B infections decreased by 99% between 1990 and 2019, according to some studies. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that the so -called birth dose is decisive to reduce chronic hepatitis B later in life.
On Thursday, consultants and other scientific experts collapsed through the security of the birth dose.
“I believe that this vaccine for babies that are treated is absolutely critical,” said member Retsef Levi, who was right about his opposition to RNA vaccines. “But this idea that we sit here with very lousy evidence and argue that there is no problem [with administering the shot at birth] Do not build trust and it is not scientific and it is not what the public should expect from us here. ”
But Meissner said that the change in the recommendation “will increase the risk of damage that has no benefit”. He said there would be fewer children who received the full hepatitis -B vaccine series, and added that the administration of the shot at birth in the hospital ensures that babies at least receive their first dose.
“How people asked, why should we choose for a month? Why two? There is no evidence that it is safer at a later date,” said Meissner. “It is an extremely safe vaccine, a very pure vaccine. I think we will create new doubts in the minds of the public that are not justified.”
Before the vote, the American Medical Association emphasized the body to keep the recommendation of the birth dose. Other experts outside the committee also expressed concern about changing the instructions.
“I have not seen any data that says that the baby’s baby has an advantage per month, but there are a number of potential damage to the incident to wait a month,” said Dr. Adam Langer, a CDC epidemiologist who gave a presentation about hepatitis B birthday before the vote.
During his presentation, Langer said: “The earlier the hepatitis -B vaccine is made available after birth, the greater its effectiveness in preventing perinatal transmission.” This refers to it when a child is infected by his mother during the birth.
MerchantThe one of the vaccines used in the birth has pushed back the proposed recommendation before the committee’s official coordination on Thursday.
“The review of the newborn -hepatitis -B vaccination according to the specified schedule is a serious risk of children’s health and the public, which could lead to a rescue of avoidable infectious diseases,” said Dr. Richard Haupt, Merck’s head of global medical and scientific matters for vaccines and infectious diseases, said during the meeting.
GSK Creates another hepatitis B shot that is reduced at birth.
