The agency says it’s updating its recommendations for Covid-19 to bring them in line with its advice for other kinds of respiratory infections, including influenza and RSV. Offering a single set of unified guidance will make people more likely to follow it, agency experts said in a news br...
if parents are not ready to vaccinate, then health care providers can just share their strong recommendation. Since health care providers have this really unique, special position as parents and caregivers most trusted source of information, their strong recommendation is very critical...
great tool, and going into the fall and winter, we have vaccines against all three of those major viruses. So right now, ahead of fall and winter is a great time for you to get not just your COVID vaccine, but your flu shot. And if you're an older adult, to get an RSV vaccine...
Previous human vaccines against RSV and Dengue virus resulted in failed vaccine trials because of ADE, Antibody Dependent Enhancement. In the Philippines, failure of the Dengue vaccine program led to criminal charges for researchers. 830,000 children were given the “Dengvaxia”,...
are a way to keep children healthy and prevent severity of disease," she added. "I encourage all parents to continually have a conversation and discussion with their pediatrician about each vaccine that their child is due for as well as the specific disease that it would help in preventing."...
The CDC urges parents to ensure that their children are vaccinated according to the recommended immunization schedule before they start school this year.