Vaccines News
Increase in Measles Cases Tied to Drop in Vaccination Rates
- Extra Messages About HPV Shots Boost Vaccination Rates: Study
November 22, 2023 — Children whose parents received a reminder notification that their child was due for vaccination against human papillomavirus were 56% more likely to get the potentially life-saving medicine, a new study shows.
- CDC Says Child Vaccination Exemptions Hit All-Time High
November 10, 2023 — The CDC said 3% of children starting kindergarten in the 2022-2023 school year received an exemption from one of the four key vaccines—the highest exemption rate ever reported in the United States.
- New Vaccine for Meningitis Could Soon Be Available
October 26, 2023 — A new meningococcal vaccine that better protects against the rare but potentially deadly disease will soon be available.
- Many Parents Struggling to Find COVID Shots for Kids
September 26, 2023 — Doctors and the CDC recommend everyone over 6 months get the new COVID-19 vaccine as fears of complications ease.
- Babies Should Get New RSV Shot This Fall: CDC
August 4, 2023 — The CDC is recommending that all babies younger than 8 months get a shot this fall or winter to protect against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
- CDC Cutting Money to States for Childhood Vaccine Programs
July 6, 2023 — The CDC is cutting money for state childhood vaccination programs, according to an agency email. The cut comes from a federal immunization grant, given in the last year, that supports childhood vaccines.
- Experts Blame Lagging MMR Vaccination Rates on Discredited Study
March 6, 2023 — A discredited 1998 study that falsely proposed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism is still having a negative effect on child vaccination rates in the United States and the United Kingdom more than two decades later, medical experts say.
- Fewer Kids Being Vaccinated Against Measles, CDC Says
January 12, 2023 — For the second straight year, the percentage of schoolchildren immunized against measles fell below a critical rate necessary to prevent the virus from spreading in the community, federal health officials say.
