Over 296 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B, making it the most common liver infection in the world.

The recommended schedule of standard childhood vaccines was recently reviewed and voted on by the CDC's revamped vaccine committee.

A meeting of advisers chosen by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine recommendations ended abruptly Thursday with a delayed vote on one vaccine,

A group of advisers for the CDC voted to narrow existing recommendations for the combined MMRV shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided to push the hepatitis B vote to the Sept. 19 session due to a "discrepancy" in voting language. During Friday's session, the committee is also slated to discuss and vote on COVID-19 vaccines.

Delaying the hepatitis vaccine for newborns would have serious and possibly fatal consequences, writes A.J. Russo.

On top of this Trump also made the claim that hepatitis B is a sexually transmitted disease, which has caused more bewilderment. During the conference, the Republican leader suggested there's no need for a hepatitis B vaccine for babies and children should instead get it when they are much older.

The CDC’s vaccine panel, ACIP, changed its recommendations for childhood vaccines and COVID-19 shots, further limiting access. HHS Secretary RFK Jr. reformed ACIP this year to include doctors and researchers who have publicly questioned vaccine safety.