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ACIP decision to roll back universal Hepatitis B vaccine schedule recommendations will leave children vulnerable to unnecessary exposure and preventable illness
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ decision to change the universal Hepatitis B vaccine guidance increases the risk of infection for babies. This recommendation will leave children vulnerable to unnecessary exposure and preventable illness.
APHA Joins GW and Dozens of Public Health and Policy Experts Urging the CDC to Maintain Universal Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination
A public comment filed by 73 public health deans and scholars, along with the American Public Health Association - representing more than 23,000 individual members and numerous organizational members, concludes that the evidence overwhelmingly supports maintaining the current schedule for immunizing children against the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
New APHA Press book emphasizes advancing equity and justice in public health practice
Strategic Skills for Public Health Practice: Advancing Equity and Justice explains how powerful systems determine how long and how well we all live and suggests strategies practitioners can implement to improve community health.
Statement on CDC autism website changes
Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals and public health workers, are alarmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting the outdated, disproven idea that vaccines cause autism.
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