The hepatitis B birth dose vaccine had been recommended in the United States since 1991.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple CDC MMWR archives and corroborating public health/news sources (PBS, CIDRAP) citing the 1991 ACIP recommendation for universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccination. [tier=gold indep_score=0.723 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- CDC Officially Ends Recommendations for Hepatitis B Shot ... (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5730a3.htm (corroboration)
- https://cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/00056293.htm (corroboration)
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/fact-checking-the-cdc-panels-reasons-for-dropping-universal-newborn-hepatitis-b-vaccine-recommendation (corroboration)
- https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cdc-accepts-acip-s-hepatitis-b-vaccine-recommendations-babies (corroboration)