Childhood vaccinations, immunization schedules and vaccine safety, helping parents understand recommended vaccines and make informed decisions for their children.
Analysis of 1,600 adults finds vaccine scepticism is most strongly associated with education, religion, region and confidence in scientists, rather than health status alone. A new analysis of adults in Türkiye suggests that vaccine doubt is shaped far more by…
The overhaul of America’s vaccine advisory system has delayed routine recommendations and widened the gap between CDC guidance, medical advice and insurance coverage. Federal vaccine policy has been left in disarray after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of…
As US measles cases reach their highest annual total since elimination, health officials report a sharp rise in families seeking vaccination after seeing the virus affect their communities. As measles continues to sweep through parts of the United States, some…
A new US initiative to investigate reported vaccine injuries and overhaul adverse-event reporting is drawing criticism from experts who say existing safety systems are being overlooked. The Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a broad new push to…
New probable cases in Rock County and confirmed infections in Marathon and Chippewa counties are widening Wisconsin’s measles outbreak, with 99.3% of confirmed cases among unvaccinated people. Wisconsin health officials have confirmed new measles outbreaks in several counties, pushing the…
Health experts warn that access barriers, misinformation and complacency are weakening immunisation coverage and allowing once-controlled infections to regain a foothold. Low childhood vaccination rates are giving once-controlled diseases fresh room to spread, a Colombian health educator has warned, as…
WHO immunisation experts say countries could consider vaccinating girls aged four to eight if it helps raise coverage, which remains far below the target needed to prevent HPV-related cancers. Experts advising the World Health Organization have suggested that countries could…
A 39-year-old Franklin County woman has died after treatment for measles, as Pennsylvania’s outbreak spreads to 41 counties and fuels disagreement over how fatalities should be counted. Pennsylvania officials say a 39-year-old woman from Franklin County has died after being…
Early flu activity is emerging on the US West Coast as the CDC continues to add deaths from the previous season, prompting renewed calls for timely vaccination. The US is entering a new flu season with the previous one still…
A new review says India has made progress on HPV vaccination, screening and domestic vaccine production, but inconsistent follow-up, limited treatment capacity and unequal access threaten its 2030 elimination ambitions. India has moved closer to a workable plan for eliminating…
Hospital admissions among Danish babies aged under six months fell from an average of 1,128 to 296 after pregnant women were offered RSV vaccination, researchers say. Denmark’s new RSV vaccination programme for pregnant women appears to have delivered a swift…
Flu and COVID-19 vaccines can be given together this autumn, but differing guidance on who should receive the COVID jab is leaving families to weigh clinical advice and personal choice. As autumn settles over north-east Ohio, health officials are again…
