Taiwan to continue universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns

Taiwan will not follow the United States' controversial decision to end universal hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns, as over half of the country's infections are mother-to-child transmission, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.

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