Kennedy Jr.'s influential vaccine advisory panel on Friday, Dec. 5, voted to no longer universally recommend the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns within 24 hours of birth.

U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus and may signal how other evidence-based vaccine policies can be under...

President Trump applauded the move on social media, but many medical experts and organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, oppose the change.