CDC adviser: Newborn vaccine rollback ‘wasn’t based on data’

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) member Joseph Hibbeln said Monday that a vote to axe a recommendation that every newborn get the hepatitis B vaccine “wasn’t based on data.” “I repeatedly asked for it, and no data of harm was presented. There were speculations, ‘Oh, we need…