On December 5th, the ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) recommended not to give the Hepatitis B vaccine to newborns. This recommendation goes against a 34-year standard of care for infants that has reduced the Hepatitis B infections by 99% in young children. The American Academy of Pediatrics continues to recommend that newborns receive the first dose of Hep B vaccine in the first 24 hours, even if the mother tests negative, because the mother can have a fals

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism By: Joe Lee, MD / Medical Director of the Grayson County Health Department Vaccines have played a significant role in improving our nation’s health and have undergone rigorous study. This is especially true since the article by Dr. Andrew Wakefield was published in 1998 in The Lancet, a respected British medical journal, linking the MMR vaccine to autism. This article, which Robert Kennedy, Jr often referred to in his eight years as Chairman of th

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