More parents are declining hepatitis B vaccination and vitamin K prophylaxis for infants, and female infants are less likely than males to receive either, according to a research letter published Aug. 31 in JAMA. Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia…
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Infectious disease experts are cautiously optimistic the coming flu season will be milder than last year’s, citing moderate activity in the Southern Hemisphere and vaccine shots well matched to circulating strains, The New York Times reported Aug. 31. Scientists look…
The new director of the CDC ordered agency officials to exclude two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania from the national tally, breaking from the agency’s longstanding practice of accepting states’ death determinations. Erica Schwartz, MD, who took over the CDC…
The CDC said the clade IIb mpox virus is likely to become endemic in the U.S. in an Aug. 20 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “Persistent transmission of [mpox] in the United States, with wide geographic spread during the last…
Americans’ confidence in their healthcare providers remained high, but confidence in the CDC, FDA and National Institutes of Health dropped by about 12 percentage points, a University of Pennsylvania survey found. The Annenberg Science and Public Health survey, conducted by…
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One hundred days after the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the outbreak has become the second-largest ever recorded and is growing faster than any previous one. Here is what to know about…
The FDA has approved supplemental biologics license applications for three updated 2026-27 COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna, according to Aug. 27 news releases from the companies. Here are five things to know:
Measles recently claimed its first U.S. lives of 2026, a fast-moving Ebola outbreak has become the second-largest on record and a lettuce-linked parasite has sickened more than 17,000 Americans. Here are five developments clinical leaders should know: 1. Pennsylvania recorded…
Nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aimed to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, physician leaders at seven children’s hospitals told Becker’s they are not changing how they recommend or administer vaccines. “This is a…
Idaho recorded the nation’s highest kindergarten vaccine exemption rate for the 2025-26 school year, with 17.5% of incoming kindergartners claiming an exemption from at least one required vaccine, according to an analysis of CDC data published by KFF. The Idaho…