5 takeaways from the chaotic, combative vaccine advisory meeting

A key federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to do away with the recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.  The vote came after two days of charged, contentious debate among panelists and concerned stakeholders, and it fulfilled a long-held goal of the anti-vaccine movement. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and…