Noele Nelson
@noelenelson.bsky.social
Epidemiologist and pediatrician, focusing on infectious diseases and vaccine policy. Views are my own.
Trends in Vitamin K Administration Among Infants url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Trends in Vitamin K Administration Among Infants
This study evaluates whether the proportion of newborns in the US not receiving intramuscular vitamin K has increased in recent years and identifies factors associated with nonreceipt.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Trends in Vitamin K Administration Among Infants url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Another great piece from @jakescottMD !
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Here's what removal of the hepatitis B birth dose will look like
At-risk infants, like those with spotty prenatal care or inadequate insurance, are most likely to fall through screening gaps
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Here's what removal of the hepatitis B birth dose will look like
At-risk infants, like those with spotty prenatal care or inadequate insurance, are most likely to fall through screening gaps
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Another great piece from @jakescottMD !
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Here's what removal of the hepatitis B birth dose will look like
At-risk infants, like those with spotty prenatal care or inadequate insurance, are most likely to fall through screening gaps
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Here's what removal of the hepatitis B birth dose will look like
At-risk infants, like those with spotty prenatal care or inadequate insurance, are most likely to fall through screening gaps
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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BREAKING: CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one that RFKJr’s handpicked vaccine advisory panel had recommended. My story.
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CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one
The CDC formally approved a major change to the childhood immunization schedule by dropping the long-standing recommendation for all newborns to get a hepatitis B vaccine.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one that RFKJr’s handpicked vaccine advisory panel had recommended. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
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December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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CIDRAP’s Vaccine Integrity Project has released a major evidence review: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion is unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Vaccine Integrity Project - Hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
CIDRAP’s Vaccine Integrity Project has released a major evidence review: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion is unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Reposted by Noele Nelson
The science surrounding giving babies their 1st dose of #hepatitisB vaccine at birth is clear. The practice is safe and saves lives, a report released before this week’s #ACIP meeting shows. The committee has mused about delaying the birth dose. www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids
Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead to more chronic infections in kids.
www.statnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The science surrounding giving babies their 1st dose of #hepatitisB vaccine at birth is clear. The practice is safe and saves lives, a report released before this week’s #ACIP meeting shows. The committee has mused about delaying the birth dose. www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
Our economic evaluation of delaying the infant HepB vaccination schedule is available on Medrxiv. This work demonstrates the importance of the universal HepB vaccine birth dose in preventing perinatal and early childhood HBV transmission in the US.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Economic evaluation of delaying the infant hepatitis B vaccination schedule
Introduction Children who acquire hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in early childhood through perinatal, household or community exposures are at highest risk of all age groups for experiencing chroni...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Our economic evaluation of delaying the infant HepB vaccination schedule is available on Medrxiv. This work demonstrates the importance of the universal HepB vaccine birth dose in preventing perinatal and early childhood HBV transmission in the US.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Florida embarks on a risky experiment — ending nearly five decades of mandatory vaccination. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates - KFF Health News
Florida has announced plans to end mandatory vaccination. Now scientists are assessing which of several diseases deadly to children — whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and te...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Florida embarks on a risky experiment — ending nearly five decades of mandatory vaccination. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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The ACIP meeting planned for 22-23 October has been indefinitely postponed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The ACIP meeting planned for 22-23 October has been indefinitely postponed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
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October 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
ACIP Standards for Assessing Evidence url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
ACIP Standards for Assessing Evidence
This Viewpoint discusses Institute of Medicine (IOM) standards for clinical guideline development and measures taken by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to bring ACIP in line wi...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
ACIP Standards for Assessing Evidence url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Science for vaccine policy: Independent review of the September 2025 ACIP processes, deliberations and votes": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Science for vaccine policy: Independent review of the September 2025 ACIP processes, deliberations and votes
Since 1964, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has shaped US vaccine policy but recently underwent significant structural and pro…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Science for vaccine policy: Independent review of the September 2025 ACIP processes, deliberations and votes": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In a meeting that devolved into confusion and near chaos, federal advisers on Thursday voted 8 to 3 against vaccinating children under four years old with a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
Kennedy’s Advisory Panel Votes to Limit M.M.R.V. Vaccine for Children Under 4
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
In a meeting that devolved into confusion and near chaos, federal advisers on Thursday voted 8 to 3 against vaccinating children under four years old with a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
