# When should infants (and other people) get vaccinated for hepatitis B?

An episode of [The Dose](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1498259551), 18 Dec 2025, 25 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_THEDOSE_P/media/thedose/thedose-fRET7YS3-20251217.mp3

A U.S. federal vaccine advisory panel has voted to drop its long-standing recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth. In Canada, most infants don’t receive the vaccine until two months of age, with some exceptions. It can all be a bit confusing. So Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Alberta Hospital, explains what Canadians should know about when to get vaccinated for hepatitis B. For transcripts of The Dose, please visit: lnk.to/dose-transcripts. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast, click this link.

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