Study Warns Kennedy Vaccine Plan Could Surge Hepatitis B Cases

Researchers project that shifting from universal birth vaccination to deferred dosing would increase chronic infections by up to 83 percent.

2 publishers · 4 articles · first seen 19 Oct 2026 · updated 17d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 19 Oct 2026. The New York Times published first, on 19 October at 21:00 UTC; MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians followed 15 min later. The most recent article, from MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians, appeared on 21 October at 04:01 UTC.

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