A Texas woman has described the life-threatening circumstances that led to her getting all of her childhood vaccinations again.
There has been a noticeable decline in the number of Americans who consider childhood vaccines important, with just 40 percent of U.S. adults believing it is extremely important for parents to protect their children this way, according to an August 2024 Gallup poll.
That’s down significantly from 58 percent in 2019 and 64 percent in 2001 and comes against a backdrop of online misinformation and skepticism around vaccines sparked by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.