Adjuvanted and high-dose flu vaccines show similar efficacy in preventing infection and hospitalization in US adults aged 65 and older.
Risk factors for non-uptake include older age, alcohol-associated liver disease, shorter waitlist time, and low educational attainment.
If the state's measles vaccination rate continues to fall, it could see dozens, if not hundreds, of kids’ deaths in the coming years.
The elevated risk was seen regardless of whether mothers were treated with antidepressants.
Annenberg poll also shows that most don’t believe that childhood vaccines cause autism.
A new study out of Sweden looked at 35 years of data, comparing people born with a congenital infection to their siblings.
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