The ACIP expert group, whose members were appointed by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr., will decide whether the hepatitis B vaccine should no longer be given to infants.
Since Kennedy took office, reviews of many vaccines have been initiated. After an ACIP meeting in September, new recommendations were made for vaccines against COVID-19 and measles.
It has sparked widespread concern among doctors and researchers in the United States, who warn that deadly diseases could regain their footing.
Any changes the ACIP makes will certainly not be based on facts or evidence, but rather on ideology, says Sean O'Leary, an infectious and pediatric diseases specialist.
Since 1991, the recommendation in the United States has been that newborns should receive the hepatitis B vaccine. Unvaccinated infants who become infected will develop chronic liver disease, O'Leary warns.
