AXIOS December 17, 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Tuesday formally dropped the decades-old federal recommendation that all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
Why it matters: The widely anticipated move marks the Trump administration’s first major change to the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule and turns one of vaccine critics’ top priorities into official government policy.
- The move was telegraphed earlier this month when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisers recommended the change.
Driving the news: The CDC said acting director Jim O’Neill approved updating the immunization schedule to reflect the vaccine advisers’ primary recommendation.
- Under the guidance, mothers who test...
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