Democratic Doctors Caucus Condemns Dangerous ACIP Decision to Stop Recommending Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Democratic Doctors Caucus released the following statement after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to stop recommending the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.

"The Democratic Doctors Caucus unequivocally condemns the decision to end the decades-long standard practice of vaccinating every newborn against hepatitis B. Today's decision-made without any scientific justification that a newborn dose is unsafe-will lead to more disease, more cancer, more preventable deaths, and will further increase the cost of health care in our nation. We call on Acting CDC Director O'Neill to reject this recommendation. The Democratic Doctors Caucus will keep up our fight against this administration's continued attacks like this on basic science and do all we can to protect the health and well-being of the American people."