ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Friday, the CDC’s panel of vaccine advisors voted to throw out the universal recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth. Instead, the committee voted that only infants of mothers who test positive for the infection, or whose status is unknown, receive the shot immediately. Mothers who test negative should talk to their providers and decide themselves about whether to vaccinate their child, but the panel’s verbiage recommends that they receive it no earlier than 2 months of age. The vote went through b...

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