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Retsef Levi, shown during a meeting of the CDC\u2019s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and professor of operations management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, signaled that the committee could revisit other vaccine recommendations in future meetings. (Maya Homan\/Georgia Recorder)<\/p>\n

ATLANTA \u2014\u00a0 A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indefinitely postponed a controversial change to guidelines on administering hepatitis B vaccines to newborn babies, and altered long-standing recommendations around COVID-19 vaccine access for children and adults, though a proposal to require prescriptions for all individuals seeking the shot narrowly failed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The panel also voted to reverse a decision they made only Thursday that would have prevented<\/a> updated guidelines on the MMRV vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, from applying to children enrolled in the Vaccines for Children program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CDC vaccine panel votes to limit use of a childhood vaccine as COVID, hepatitis B decisions loom<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Vaccines for Children is a federal program which covers the cost of vaccines for more than half of American children. The decision to implement different standards for children enrolled in VFC caused confusion among top health officials as well as some committee members when it was introduced Thursday.<\/p>\n

Jason Goldman, the president of the American College of Physicians who also serves as a liaison to the committee, criticized Thursday\u2019s vote, arguing that the changes were not backed by scientific evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you consider that the second vote actually revealed the truth, that you do not have the data or evidence to challenge the current standing and that there is no associated harm?\u201d Goldman asked the committee.<\/p>\n

The committee\u2019s reversal on Friday standardizes the updated MMRV vaccine recommendations for all children. If ACIP\u2019s recommendations are approved by CDC officials, doctors will be advised to administer separate MMR and varicella vaccines for all children under 4 years of age.<\/p>\n

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ACIP tables a rule delaying Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns<\/h4>\n

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In what appeared to be another reversal, the panel shelved a resolution that sought to alter current CDC recommendations around hepatitis B vaccines for newborn children.<\/p>\n

The current three-dose series<\/a> for hepatitis B, an incurable viral infection that attacks the liver, includes one vaccine administered to infants within 24 hours of birth, and subsequent booster shots given a month and six months after the initial dose. ACIP has been recommending a hepatitis B vaccine for all newborn babies since 1991<\/a>, which resulted in a 99% drop<\/a> in serious infections between 1990 and 2019.<\/p>\n

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CDC panel opts against requiring COVID shot prescription, but wants greater emphasis on its risks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If ACIP members choose to implement the changes at a later meeting, official CDC guidelines will recommend that pediatricians delay administering the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine until 30 days after birth for all children whose mothers test negative for the disease.<\/p>\n

The panel did not provide any evidence indicating that delaying the vaccine improved children\u2019s health, or that there were any widespread or serious instances of harm caused by administering hepatitis B vaccines to newborns. However, some ACIP members also cast doubt on the accuracy of data showing the shot is safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that there are gaps in what we know and understand about the effects of hepatitis B, particularly on very young infants,\u201d said Vicky Pebsworth, a committee member who is a registered nurse and who sits on the board of the National Vaccine Information Center, which advocates for vaccine exemptions. \u201cI think that the conclusion that we know that it is safe is, perhaps, premature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Adam Langer, who serves as the principal deputy director of the CDC\u2019s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, urged the panel to reconsider narrowing the recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the primary reasons for recommending universal birth dose in the U.S. is to serve as a safety net for infants born to mothers with unknown test results,\u201d Langer said during his presentation<\/a> to the committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo date, no country in the world has reverted from universal to selective birth dose recommendations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The meeting, which was held at the CDC\u2019s Chamblee campus, also inspired a demonstration organized by a group of former CDC workers, who dressed up as preventable diseases and waved signs to the passing cars while the meeting was underway.<\/p>\n

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Cindy Weinbaum, who retired from the CDC in 2021, said Friday that it was commendable that the committee skipped a vote that would have recommended babies not be vaccinated for hepatitis B within a day after being born, which is the current standard. (Jill Nolin\/Georgia Recorder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cindy Weinbaum, who spent about a decade of her career at the CDC in the division of viral hepatitis, said she commended the committee for deciding to table a vote that would have changed the recommendations for hepatitis B vaccinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really commendable, actually, that they delayed this vote because they do not know the implications of not recommending a birth dose of hepatitis B,\u201d Weinbaum said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that was a nod to their lack of understanding of vaccine programs, vaccine science and the importance of certain vaccinations for kids,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Weinbaum said the proposal\u2019s appearance on the committee\u2019s agenda reflects the \u201cvaccine nihilism that the current administration is supporting.\u201d She said the shot given to newborns within the first day of their life has found itself in the \u201ccross hairs of the anti-vax movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s because here\u2019s this newborn baby and you\u2019re very vulnerable, and sticking it with a needle is kind of a scary thing,\u201d she said. \u201cThey just don\u2019t understand that it\u2019s even more scary to get liver cancer, and that\u2019s really what we want to prevent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ACIP moves to center vaccine harm<\/h4>\n

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Though the committee did not implement some of its more controversial proposals, ACIP\u2019s new members have signaled that they would like to place a greater focus on examples of vaccine harm and adverse outcomes in future policy proposals.<\/p>\n

They have also rejected widely embraced data on vaccine safety, choosing instead to focus on isolated cases and dubious studies, including one paper claiming that rats exposed to the COVID-19 vaccine exhibited \u201cautism-like behaviors\u201d that was eventually retracted<\/a> by the journal that published it.<\/p>\n

Some ACIP members, including Robert Malone, also pushed back against guidelines that advise vaccinating young children and pregnant women, arguing that there is a lack of data proving definitively that vaccines are safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe default should be the assumption that there is no intervention in the infant and the pregnant woman with the vaccine unless there is definitive evidence of safety,\u201d Malone said.<\/p>\n

But Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at Dartmouth College who has served as a past committee member, pushed back against the argument that any medical intervention should be entirely risk-free.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to point out that it\u2019s very, very difficult to prove the absence of harm, it\u2019s simply not a practical objective,\u201d Meissner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s important for everyone to understand that no vaccine is 100% safe and no vaccine is 100% effective,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat\u2019s important for the provider before administering a vaccine is to think about that particular patient and does the benefit of protection exceed any possible side effect from the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Retsef Levi, an ACIP member and professor of operations management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaks with reporters after the Sept. 19 meeting. (Maya Homan\/Georgia Recorder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But in a conversation with reporters after the meeting, Retsef Levi, an ACIP member and professor of operations management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, signaled that the committee could revisit other vaccine recommendations in future meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we need to review vaccines, in general, from time to time,\u201d Levi said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of a good process. I don\u2019t think that I need now to single out one vaccine or another. I think that, in general, it\u2019s actually in the mission of ACIP. . . to actually review every vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia Recorder editor-in-chief Jill Nolin contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

This article was originally published by Georgia Recorder<\/a>, a part of States Newsroom.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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