On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/r/20e5b749?m=c128382d-3df4-42e5-be0b-357e72caf266" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">voted</a>&nbsp;8–3 to eliminate a longstanding recommendation that all newborns receive a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. The committee instead recommended that women who test negative for hepatitis B should consult with their doctors to determine whether their babies should be given the first dose of the vaccine, suggesting that the initial dose be administered after the infant is at least two months old. The committee voted on the change after it&nbsp;<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/r/263102b8?m=c128382d-3df4-42e5-be0b-357e72caf266" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">heard</a>&nbsp;presentations from several vaccine critics; no Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) subject-matter experts presented to the panel.&nbsp;<h3>Ad-free podcasts are here!</h3>To listen to this podcast ad-free, and to enjoy our subscriber only premium content, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/membership/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ReadTangle.com</a>&nbsp;to sign up!You can read today's podcast<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠</a>, our “Under the Radar” story&nbsp;<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/r/f31d9185?m=c128382d-3df4-42e5-be0b-357e72caf266" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠here</a>&nbsp;and today’s “Have a nice day” story<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/r/b1af5baa?m=c128382d-3df4-42e5-be0b-357e72caf266" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;⁠here⁠</a>.You can<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/membership/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;subscribe to Tangle by clicking here</a>&nbsp;or drop something<a href="https://givebutter.com/khshEi?ref=readtangle.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;in our tip jar by clicking here.</a>&nbsp;Take the survey:&nbsp;How does the latest change affect your trust in CDC vaccine recommendations?&nbsp;<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/r/fdeee81a?m=c128382d-3df4-42e5-be0b-357e72caf266" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Let us know</a>.&nbsp;Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall.This podcast was written by:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/author/isaac-saul/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Isaac Saul</a> and edited and engineered by Dewey Thomas. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Senior Editor Will Kaback, Lindsey Knuth, Kendall White, Bailey Saul, and Audrey Moorehead.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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