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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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