Three shots are not better than one. They involve more injections, more visits, higher costs, more time spent incompletely protected. And no demonstrated benefit.
As exemptions increase across the country, the number of children protected by vaccines is dropping, which could lead to more infectious disease outbreaks.
President Trump said nothing bad can happen. Bad things have already happened, and more are coming.
The order also increases pressure on states to give more deference to religious freedom and parental autonomy.
The findings reinforce existing evidence of the safety of MMR vaccination, the authors say.
A new study finds that children receiving the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine are more likely to be vaccinated in safety-net clinics or eligible for the Vaccines for Children program.
No American passengers on a Dutch cruise ship were sickened with hantavirus.
The live attenuated vaccines don’t appear to cause new or worsening symptoms for MS patients.
Low coverage was seen in West Texas, southern New Mexico, northern Arizona, parts of Mississippi, and the rural Southeast.
In another sign of growing vaccine hesitancy, a new report finds that the percentage of US toddlers vaccinated on time against measles, mumps and rubella has fallen since the COVID pandemic.