Conditions & Recovery · NY Times Health · October 19, 2026

Kennedy’s Vaccine Plan Could Cause Surge in Hepatitis B, Study Finds

Ending routine vaccination for hepatitis B at birth, as the health secretary has recommended, would increase the number of chronic infections by as much as 83 percent, a team of researchers reported.

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