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Newsom "Blasts" Revised
ACIP Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation
Just As AVFCA Predicted!

December 9, 2025: Last Friday, A Voice for Choice Advocacy shared important news that the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to adjust the newborn Hepatitis B vaccine recommendation. Instead of universally vaccinating all babies in the first 24 hours of life, immediate vaccination is now directed only to newborns with true risk: those born to mothers who test positive or whose status is unknown. For all other families, the first dose would occur at the routine two-month visit.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has now issued its formal statement confirming this important shift toward shared decision-making: [link removed] [[link removed]]

This is a positive step nationally. It recognizes that realistic Hepatitis B risk comes much later in life and that immediate decisions just hours after birth are not always appropriate. It also supports a more collaborative approach between families and their pediatric providers.

When Governor Newsom signed AB 144 earlier this year, AVFCA explained that moving vaccine-policy authority from the federal level to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) would have major implications. AVFCA warned that this would allow California to ignore future federal updates and continue its own vaccine policy recommendations without including parents, physicians, or legislators in the process. The state’s responses show how those policy changes are beginning to take effect.

Governor Newsom was quick to condemn the CDC panel’s vote ending universal newborn Hepatitis B vaccination and signaled that California will not follow the new federal recommendation: [link removed] [[link removed]]

Soon after, the Western Coast Health Alliance, a public-health partnership between California, Oregon, and Washington created to set regional guidelines independent of the CDC, issued a statement reaffirming that California will continue to set its own requirements regardless of national recommendations: [link removed] [[link removed]]

California may now remain committed to a universal newborn vaccination approach even as national policy shifts toward more flexibility and family involvement. AVFCA will continue monitoring developments closely and will update our community immediately if CDPH changes course. These rapidly evolving events highlight why our organization exists: to protect informed consent, ensure transparency, and support Californians in making the health decisions that are right for themselves and their families .

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Christina Hildebrand
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