‘Don’t blindly follow’ US changes to infant vaccines, Hong Kong tells parents

Hong Kong health authorities have warned parents not to “blindly follow” overseas changes to childhood immunisation schedules, including the flu and hepatitis B birth dose, after the US scaled back its routine vaccine recommendations for infants. The Health Department’s Centre for Health Protection issued the warning on Wednesday in response to a controversial overhaul by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Albert Au Ka-wing, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s...