(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a program to increase hepatitis B screening for pregnant women, Bloomberg News reported citing internal documents.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

(Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

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