President Donald Trump on Friday night celebrated a recent vaccine advisory panel's decision to change guidance for hepatitis B vaccinations, declaring that the move was a "very good decision." 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted earlier Friday to stop recommending infants receive the hepatitis B shot at birth, pushing it until a baby is 2 months old for children born to mothers who test negative for the virus.

ACIP usually evaluates new vaccines or new indications for them, rather than reviewing shots that have been administered in the same way for decades, but the latest vote marks a notable change. For 34 years, the CDC recommended that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth. 

“Today, the CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END their Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation for babies, the vast majority of whom are at NO RISK of Hepatitis B, a disease that is mostly transmitted sexually, or through dirty needles,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

“The American Childhood Vaccine Schedule long required 72 ‘jabs,’ for perfectly healthy babies, far more than any other Country in the World, and far more than is necessary,” Trump continued. “In fact, it is ridiculous!"

The post also comes after Trump directed the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services to review vaccination practices from peer, developed countries, the scientific evidence that informs the practices, and determine if those practices are superior to current domestic recommendations. 

The president highlighted in the memorandum that the United States is an outlier in the number of vaccines it recommends for children, which is 18. Germany, for example, recommends vaccines against 15 diseases and Denmark recommends vaccines for 10.

The panel's vote does not automatically mean the CDC guidance will change. The acting CDC director is required to endorse the ACIP’s recommendation in order for it to go into effect.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.