Parents concerned about vaccine overload may not get the outcome they expect from Trump’s recent vaccine executive order.
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Pittsburgh helped pioneer the polio vaccine. Now, as measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, an epidemiologist explains the disease and the vaccine that prevents it.
The most important thing for parents to know is that the order does not change which vaccines are available to children and is not based on any new data about vaccine safety.
Trump’s latest executive order is set to lead to delayed vaccinations, falling coverage and a resurgence of diseases once brought under control.
In crowded events like the FIFA World Cup, a single imported measles case can spread rapidly due to visitors from areas with varying vaccination coverage.
Controlling the spread of many infections, including measles, depends on trust in public health, which is eroding.
Public health scholars worry that the resurgence of measles may signal a coming wave of other vaccine-preventable diseases.
In an unprecedented move, health officials cut the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children from 17 to 11.
Federal officials are questioning the safety of the vaccine series children receive. Here’s the story of how the childhood vaccine schedule came about.
The CDC website used to state, clearly and correctly, that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism.
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
In England, there are around 4,500 hospital admissions a year due to chickenpox.
Anti-vaccine activists are using the side effect reporting system to spread fear and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. But the database could also be used as a gauge for public concerns.
Measles is a viral infection, so antibiotics don’t treat it directly. But it weakens the immune system, leading to bacterial infections like pneumonia or ear infections, which do require antibiotics.
The measles vaccine may do more than we thought – and the growing number of outbreaks makes ensuring you’re protected ever more urgent.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guides the CDC’s hand on vaccine policy, but some of its new members have voiced anti-vaccine views.
The US eliminated measles in 2000, but the number of cases at home and abroad has experts worried.
Robert F Kennedy Jr recently said the MMR vaccine contains fetal debris and DNA fragments. This is where these claims come from, and why there’s no need to worry.
From near extinction to resurgence: how vaccine hesitancy revives deadly diseases.
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