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Wisconsin health officials

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are breaking from

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federal guidance

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on hepatitis B vaccinations

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for newborns

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and saying babies

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should get the shot

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within 24 hours of birth.

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A federal panel

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of vaccine advisers last week

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voted against recommending

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all newborns receive it

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unless their mothers

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test positive.

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Our guidance from Wisconsin

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Department of Health Services

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is unchanged, actually

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and it's the same guidance

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that has been

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the standard of care

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in the United States

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for the past 30 years

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and continues to be endorsed

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by the

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American Academy of Pediatrics.

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And that is that all

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children should

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get vaccinated

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with three doses

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of a hepatitis B vaccine

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and the first dose

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should be given

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in the first

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24 hours of life.

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How contagious is hep B

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for newborns or others?

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Hep B is a blood-borne virus

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so it's not contagious

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through casual contact

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or through the air

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or surfaces in the way

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that we think about colds

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flu and COVID.

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It's really blood to blood.

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So during

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the birth process

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is globally

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and traditionally

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one of the ways that babies

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get infected.

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It's because there's

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transfer of blood

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during the birthing process.

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So it's

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very contagious

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if you do have an exposure

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like this

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either through

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the childbirth process

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or a needle stick injury

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in health care

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but not casual

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contact in a day to day life.