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What does the CDC's advisors' vote to overturn hepatitis B vaccines for infants mean?

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to overhaul how children get vaccines took a major step forward. An advisory committee voted to narrow hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns.

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Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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