Fewer children in the U.S. have gotten a flu vaccine in 2024 compared to last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of Nov. 30, about 36 percent of the nation’s children aged six months to 17 years received a flu vaccination, a ...
CDC: Flu Vaccination Rates Remain LowSteve Duffy
Vaccination Flu, COVID vaccination rates remain low as winter nears Worn down by pandemic-era vaccine overload, many Americans are ignoring pleas by health officials to get immunized against the flu and COVID-19, new data shows. Nov 22, 2024 ...
Although flu vaccination estimates among adults and children are similar to early estimates from last season for all age groups, CDC is looking carefully at vaccination rates for children and for adults ages 50 years and older. Concern about vaccination among older adults is prompted by detection o...
(HealthDay)—Requiring the flu vaccination for child care admission seems to have increased vaccination rates and led to lower hospitalization rates for influenza in young children, according to a report published in the March 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'sMorbid...
While effectiveness looks good for this season, Ellington warned that declining vaccinationratesmeans the U.S. could still see fewer hospitalizations and deaths prevented by vaccinesthis season. "To prevent flu hospitalizations and deaths on the population level, we need both good vaccine effectiveness...
Despite the availability of updated shots, COVID vaccination rates have been dismal: As of Oct. 12, less than 12 percent of adults reported receiving an updated vaccine, the latest CDC data shows.While the vaccines offer some defense against infection and the chances of hospitalization and death...
After improving over several years, the CDC's surveys suggest rates of seasonal flu vaccination have largely plateaued nationwide following the COVID-19 pandemic. A little more than half of Americans said they had gotten the shot. Some age groups, like children ages 5 through 17 years old, re...
The article focuses on the recommendations to reverse historically poor flu immunization rates among caregivers by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to ACIP, health care facilities should offer influenza vaccinations...
Vaccination rates were up for all age groups last flu season, compared with the previous season. The biggest gains were seen in teenagers (they improved to 42.5 percent from 33.7 percent), followed by children 5 to 12 (they improved to 58.6 percent from 54.2 percent). ...