Still, only 17% of MAHA supporters said reduced childhood vaccinations are among their top issues.
A new study finds that 1.3% of children under age 5 were exposed to someone in the home with hepatitis B, a highly contagious but vaccine-preventable disease.
Offering HPV shots to children at ages 9 or 10 increases vaccination rates compared with providing the immunization at 11 or 12.
At the same time, confidence in the safety of longstanding vaccines, including MMR and polio, remains high.
Changing language on vaccines can mislead people into thinking there’s new evidence about them, when the science hasn’t changed.
The odds of a lab-confirmed whooping cough case were about 26 times higher in unvaccinated children than in those who were vaccinated.
We discuss a vaccine-injury initiative, a controversial hepatitis B trial, evolving CDC vaccine guidance, and more.
While shingles rates are declining in younger people, they are increasing in older adults.
For every vaccine study now being undertaken by HHS, the methods and findings must stand up to careful scrutiny.
A Danish university has approved a CDC-funded study in African newborns, in which only half of babies will receive the hepatitis B vaccine.
