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December 5, 2025 4:56 pm

CDC Contractor to ACIP: Hepatitis B Decline Was Already 70-80% Complete Before Universal Newborn Vaccination Began A CDC contractor’s presentation at the December 2025 ACIP meeting offers a data-drive... View MoreCDC Contractor to ACIP: Hepatitis B Decline Was Already 70-80% Complete Before Universal Newborn Vaccination Began A CDC contractor’s presentation at the December 2025 ACIP meeting offers a data-driven reassessment of the U.S. Hepatitis B vaccination strategy that deserves careful attention. Dr. Cynthia Nevison, an environmental scientist under CDC contract, analyzed four decades of surveillance data and concluded: • Acute Hepatitis B cases peaked in 1985 and had already fallen 70-80% by 1991, before universal newborn vaccination began. • Cohorts aged 15-19 and 20-24 showed steep declines years before individuals who received the universal birth dose (introduced 1991) entered those age groups. • The primary drivers of the drop were 1980s and early 1990s interventions: - Universal blood-donor screening (1986-1987) - Needle-exchange programs and harm-reduction efforts - Prenatal screening (88% of pregnant women tested; ~0.5% positive) with targeted infant vaccination and HBIG - Heightened safe-sex practices spurred by the HIV/AIDS crisis Dr. Nevison’s assessment: “The universal birth dose contribution to the decline in acute cases is likely very small.” Meanwhile, chronic Hepatitis B diagnoses have surged in adults 60 and older since 2020, a group the day-of-birth vaccine cannot reach. Her slides underscore that while the vaccine is highly effective when given to infants of infected mothers, the blanket newborn policy appears to have added only marginal benefit to the overall population-level decline, yet it remains a school-entry requirement in nearly every state. These findings prompt evidence-based questions: Should a vaccine primarily preventing perinatal and childhood transmission in a low-prevalence country continue as a universal day-1 mandate, or would a risk-based approach (focusing on infants of positive mothers and high-risk adolescents/adults) be more efficient and equitable? https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/cdc-contractor-exposes-what-really?brid=ysHygdKZTrGcmmyZx3tRJA

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CDC Contractor Exposes What Really Drove the Dramatic Drop in Hepatitis B Cases

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Hint: It wasn’t the vaccine.

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