The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet Dec. 4 and 5, according to a Federal Register notice that indicates that recommendation votes may be scheduled for hepatitis B vaccines. [MEDPAGE Today]

Other items on the agenda include the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and vaccine safety, according to the public notice.

It's the fourth meeting for the group this year, which usually meets three times per year; it will be the third meeting for the panel as reconfigured under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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