
Dec 16 (Reuters) -
CDC ADOPTS INDIVIDUAL-BASED DECISION-MAKING FOR HEPATITIS B IMMUNIZATION FOR INFANTS BORN TO WOMEN WHO TEST NEGATIVE FOR THE HEPATITIS B VIRUS
HHS: FOR INFANTS NOT RECEIVING BIRTH DOSE FOR HEPATITIS B VACCINE, SUGGESTED THAT INITIAL DOSE BE ADMINISTERED NO EARLIER THAN TWO MONTHS OF AGE
HHS: NO CHANGE IN HEPATITIS B VACCINE AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN DOSE FOR INFANTS OF HEPATITIS B POSITIVE MOTHERS OR WHOSE STATUS IS UNKNOWN