Childhood vaccinations, immunization schedules and vaccine safety, helping parents understand recommended vaccines and make informed decisions for their children.
Governments facing tighter immunisation budgets must safeguard established programmes before adding new vaccines, WHO advisers warn, as fragile coverage and rising outbreaks threaten recent gains. Countries facing tighter immunisation budgets should protect the vaccines they already deliver through national programmes,…
Updated federal guidance still advises vaccination for adults, but removes several statements emphasising benefits and gives greater prominence to uncertainty and possible harms. The latest federal COVID-19 vaccine guidance marks a noticeable shift in tone, even though the recommendation for…
Gavi says its 2025 programmes delivered their biggest reach yet, generating more than US$30 billion in economic benefits while millions of children worldwide remained unvaccinated. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance says it helped immunise a record 73 million children in 2025,…
Health officials say about 93% of children affected in recent Nigerian diphtheria outbreaks had not completed their routine vaccinations, as the country records thousands of suspected cases and hundreds of deaths. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has said…
An Akron Children’s explainer tackles parents’ concerns about annual flu jabs, mild side effects, egg allergies and the difference between influenza and a cold. Parents often ask the same questions about seasonal flu protection, and a recent Akron Children’s explainer…
Emory University modelling shows how falling immunisation rates could drive additional infections, hospitalisations, deaths and costs, with Florida among the states most exposed. A new mapping tool from Emory University is putting numbers on what falling childhood vaccination coverage could…
Good diet, sleep and outdoor play support children’s health, but they do not provide targeted protection against seasonal influenza, which can cause serious illness in young children. Pediatric flu season regularly revives a familiar parental dilemma: whether a healthy child…
Global advisers are calling for countries to add a third inactivated polio vaccine dose and consider extra doses during prolonged outbreaks, with hexavalent vaccines seen as a way to improve coverage. Global polio experts have endorsed a push to strengthen…
A multi-country study is examining how infants’ early gut microbes, breast milk and immune responses may influence protection from the oral rotavirus vaccine. Researchers have taken a closer look at how a baby’s earliest gut bacteria may intersect with protection…
Health officials say an annual flu jab can reduce serious illness, hospitalisation and death, with protection taking about two weeks to build. As flu season begins, health officials are urging people who are eligible to get their annual shot without…
A 6.7-point drop since 2019-20 has left South Dakota among 18 states with kindergarten MMR coverage below 90%, as measles cases continue to emerge. South Dakota’s kindergarten MMR vaccination rate has slipped well below the level public health officials say…
Researchers warn that measles can damage the immune system’s memory cells, wiping out protection built through past infections and vaccinations and increasing the risk of other illnesses long after recovery. Measles is often remembered for its fever, cough, rash and…
