The CDC says the vaccination rate among kindergartners is dropping. And according to Gallup, fewer Americans overall think childhood vaccinations are important. These trends help explain why ...

SUMMERS: Some of the trends that we've been talking about in terms of childhood vaccination rates may be concerning to some listeners. So I want to ask you, as a physician, what brings you hope ...

Study reveals the significant and lasting impact of long COVID on children, emphasizing the protective role of vaccines and ...

Aug. 9, 2024 — A new, two-step flu vaccination strategy that pairs intramuscular injection of a viral vectored flu vaccine with nasal spray administration of a novel attenuated live flu virus ...

With childhood vaccination rates in Michigan on a downward trajectory, state public health officials are stepping up to urge ...

Around 40% of non- or under-vaccinated children worldwide live in areas affected by conflict. Vaccination campaigns in war zones aid immediate survival, as well as the eventual rebuilding of a ...

Since it was widely introduced 16 years ago, cervical cancer rates have been reduced by almost 90% in women in their 20s who received the vaccine as children.

but the conflict has caused the vaccination rate to fall below 90%. Children under age 3 are especially vulnerable to polio, which can cause paralysis and death. The disease is highly contagious ...

Polio is a serious and highly infectious disease that largely affects children ... rates in Gaza and the occupied West Bank were optimal before the conflict. In 2022, polio vaccine coverage ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Steven Furr of the American Academy of Family Physicians about childhood vaccination rates, as measles cases continue to climb around the country.

As kids head back to school, there's a list of vaccines they must have ... Melissa Fields left an indelible mark on thousands of children in Perquimans County, and many others there as an educator ...