by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 Benjah-bmm27, Wikimedia Commons, public domain (Dec. 5, 2025) — In a December 5, 2025 vote, ACIP removed the long‑standing universal recommendation that every newborn in the United States receive the first dose of Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) at birth. Instead, the panel adopted a “shared clinical decision‑making” approach: infants born to […]