Chicago-based American Medical Association slams committee’s hepatitis B vaccine recommendations

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Dec. 5, 2025, 2:01 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 5, 2025, 2:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/advisor-committee-on-immunization-practices-ama-heptatis/

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The Chicago-based American Medical Association is blasting a [ federal vaccine advisory committee’s decision ][2] Friday to no longer recommend that all babies get the hepatitis B vaccine when they’re born. The committee’s decision “is reckless and undermines decades of public confidence in a prove...