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CDC Says Hepatitis B Jab Not Recommended For All Newborns
38 mins·16:00, 19 Dec 2025
CDC Says Hepatitis B Jab Not Recommended For All Newborns
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Guest: Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Professor Dato' Dr Rosmawati Mohamed (Consultant Hepatologist), Universiti Malaya Medical Centre | Dato' Dr Musa Nordin (Consultant Paediatrician), Malaysian Paediatric Association
This month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) struck out a universal recommendation to start hepatitis B immunisation at birth for children in the US - announcing instead that the jab should only be given to infants born to women who test positive for the virus. We look at why this move could lead to a rise in chronic hepatitis infections and liver disease in the long term, and how Malaysia should view this decision by the US.
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Presenter: Tee Shiao Eek
Producer: Tee Shiao Eek
the bigger picturehealth and livinghepatitis bvaccinationimmunisationnational immunisation programmeliver cancer
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