Health experts are emphasizing the importance of giving newborns a hepatitis B vaccine within their first 24 hours. Decades of data show the birth dose has prevented hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and saved tens of thousands of lives, particularly when a parent’s hepatitis B status is unknown. A Michigan Medicine expert breaks down why the birth dose remains critical and what could happen if these protections weaken.
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