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Simone Popperl

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Senior Editor, NPR’s Up First & Morning Edition. Night owl in an early bird family

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Simone Popperl @simonepopperl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Here's a clearer screenshot, with alt text

The risk/benefit chart for moving the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine back from birth to 1 month of age, presented by CDC experts to ACIP on September 18, 2025. The risk category includes six line items, including "increased cases of perinatal HBV transmission" and "Higher lifetime healthcare costs." The benefit category contains just one line: "reductions in rare cases of hepatitis B birth dose vaccination adverse events."

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Simone Popperl @simonepopperl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

RFK Jr.’s handpicked federal vaccine advisory committee is talking now about whether to push back the first dose of the Hep B vaccine from birth to 1 month of age. CDC experts prepared a really thorough presentation, including this stunning risk/benefit slide:

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Simone Popperl @simonepopperl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A poorly-edited photo of Dame Marilyn Strathern with powerful lime green stars in her eyes

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