Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
- Posted on December 3, 2025
- By NPR
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Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat

As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.