Vaccine News
Unity Consortium Marks Adolescent Immunization Action Week (AIAW) with activities to help…
UNITY® Consortium, a non-profit organization focused on preventive health and immunization for adolescents and young adults, is urging parents and…
How many lives do vaccines save?
Have you ever heard of smallpox? It’s a dangerous disease that once killed millions of children and left many others…
Measles outbreaks show the risks of under-vaccination
On March 18, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert warning clinicians and public health officials…
ERs Might Be Good Spots to Offer Flu Shots
New research offers an easy prescription to get people to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot. Just ask…
After four years with Covid-19, the US is settling into a new…
With the arrival of spring, the United States is easing out of respiratory virus season, a familiar pattern that has been…
The Vaccine Doctors Want Every Single Person Over 65 to Get ASAP
You’ve probably gotten your flu shot, the latest COVID jab and maybe the shingles vaccine. But, there’s another shot that you should add to…
CDC, AMA Issue Calls to Get Vaccinated Against Measles
Two of America’s leading health organizations are highlighting a global rise in measles cases as yet another reason for families to make…
COVID paved the way for a new vaccine era
The unprecedented success of the COVID-19 vaccines has elevated the mRNA platform and raised expectations the technology could soon be wielded against…
U.S. measles milestone: 60 cases so far in 2024 — more than…
The U.S. has now tallied at least 60 confirmed or suspected measles cases investigated so far this year by authorities in 17…
COVID-19 vaccination data shows troubling inequities persist
Despite the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines since December 2020, sociodemographic inequities in vaccination rates—and preventable COVID-related deaths—have persisted. A…
COVID-19 vaccines: CDC says people ages 65 and up should get a shot…
In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with COVID-19. In spring 2020, the federal government declared a nationwide…
Covid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study…
Covid vaccinations substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and potentially dangerous blood clots linked to the infection for up…
Why Do Some Vaccines Work Better Than Others?
If someone is vaccinated against the measles virus, they likely won’t get measles. If someone is vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, there’s…
No parent who has seen the children I’ve treated for measles would…
Over the past year, I have watched many children die of measles. In the final stages, little lungs, filled with…
Vaccine-skeptical mothers say bad health care experiences made them distrust the medical system
Why would a mother reject safe, potentially lifesaving vaccines for her child? Popular writing on vaccine skepticism often denigrates white and…