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.
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Recognizing the stories behind people’s concerns with vaccines can help public health advocates build a more inclusive approach to healthcare.
The US military helped create the first flu vaccine to keep service members in action – and the logic for requiring vaccination has not changed.
By letting people make choices and experience the outcomes of those choices, gaming provides a much more hands-on way of learning about health.
As childhood vaccination rates in Allegheny County decline, The Conversation asked experts why parents are opting out and how to protect vaccination policy.
An enduring sense of ownership led businesses and citizens to defend the country’s public health system.
The judge’s decision is a win for public health, but the back-and-forth on vaccine policy may undermine the public’s trust in science.
After pushback, the agency reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application after all.
The move signals an escalation in the agency’s efforts to interfere with established procedures for testing and approving vaccines.
The decision undoes a highly effective 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B infections in the U.S.
The agency’s plan to change the well-established process for safety testing vaccines is not realistic.
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
The main comparisons in the unpublished report are skewed, and it is being presented as stronger evidence than its design really allows.
Healthy children may now only receive a COVID-19 vaccine ‘off-label’ – but in many states, pharmacists and other non-physicians may not be able to administer them that way.
These arguments sound convincing but lead to false or misleading conclusions. Here’s how to spot them.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, evidence continues to support the COVID-19 vaccine’s use in young and higher-risk children and adolescents.
Abrupt policy changes and confusing public messaging have injected confusion in back-to-school vaccine protocols.
There’s no solid evidence that thimerosal harms children. RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisory committee voted against using it in the one type of flu vaccine where it is still used.
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.
Many claims about the dangers of vaccines come from misrepresenting scientific research papers.
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