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Good morning. If you haven’t seen Alex Hogan’s STATus Report video on the CDC vaccine committee’s vote regarding the hepatitis B birth dose, please take a few minutes to watch over your coffee this morning. The whole series has been a real joy to follow this year — not something you can always say about constantly shifting health care news. Watch some of the previous videos here.
House passes bill banning trans care for youth
Republicans in Congress are making a renewed push before the end of the year to pass major federal restrictions to gender-affirming care for trans minors. Last night, by a vote of 216 to 211, the House passed a bill that aims to prohibit doctors from providing any gender-affirming care to minors by amending an existing statute on female genital mutilation.
