The committee’s recommendations aren’t final, but will be considered by the director of the state health department, who can issue official guidelines for the state.
The committee’s vote Tuesday followed a decision by a federal vaccine advisory committee earlier this month to no longer recommend hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns.
Illinois should continue to recommend that nearly
all newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, a state advisory committee decided Tuesday, in a move that could represent another break with federal vaccine guidance.
