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Bill Cassidy: “Before 1991, as many as 20,000 babies, babies, were infected with hepatitis B in the United States of America, and that…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2025
Before 1991, as many as 20,000 babies, babies, were infected with hepatitis B in the United States of America, and that changed when the hepatitis B vaccine was approved for newborns. Now fewer than 20 babies per year get hepatitis B from their mother.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana
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msnbc.com
Oct 10, 2025

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Discussing the impact of the hepatitis B vaccine on infection rates in newborns.

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