C.D.C. Vaccine Committee Ends Recommendation That All Newborns Receive Hepatitis B Shots

In a move toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee recommended delaying the shots for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus.Dr. Robert Malone, the panel’s vice chair, addressing the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to discuss the childhood vaccine schedule, at the C.D.C. in Atlanta on Friday.