Between federal lawsuits, sweeping schedule changes, and states mobilizing their own legal challenges, the last few weeks have been a whirlwind. Let's dive right in.
The oral, whole-cell vaccine for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was safe and induced protective efficacy in young children in Gambia.
The perceived safety of the MMR vaccine is now 83% (down from 86%).
Nearly all (89%) say vaccines are essential for public health, including 97% of Democrats, 89% of independents, and 82% of Republicans.
Groups are warning that recent federal actions weakening routine childhood vaccination recommendations pose an urgent threat both for children and the public’s health.
The vaccine has reduced cervical cancer by nearly 90% in women vaccinated as teens and has been studied in more than 50 randomized controlled trials.
Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the acting CDC director regarding the $1.6 million award to a controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau.
Pressuring Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to phase out vaccines containing thimerosal is not evidence-based; it's ideological—and part of a pattern.
A new recurring feature in collaboration with Unbiased Science lays out in an easy-to-skim format the latest vaccine developments.
The 21 new members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee include physicians and parents of children with autism, along with several individuals who've claimed autism is linked to vaccines.
