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An advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to roll back a major vaccination policy.

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A key advisory committee for the U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday voted to hold off on giving babies the hepatitis B vaccine, which has been standard practice for decades.

NPR health correspondent Rob Stein joins us now with more on this.

Hey, Rob.

Hey there, Ader.

So let's start with an explanation of what exactly happened yesterday.

Sure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to abandon one of the nation's most effective vaccination policies, a recommendation that all children get vaccinated against hepatitis B within the first 24 hours of life.

This has been U.S.

policy for more than 30 years and is responsible for a dramatic plunge in hepatitis B infections in this country.

That's protected countless babies from getting a chronic liver infection that can lead to liver failure, liver cancer, and premature death.

I can't help but ask, why?