In 2023, only 83% of children got their first dose of a measles vaccine through routine health services. Nearly 35 million children are thought to have either partial protection from the disease or none at all. And over the last five years, there have been measles outbreaks in 103 countries...
Childhood Vaccine Schedule Is Safe, Report Says; Critics Call for More Research into Whether Shots May Be Linked to Some Developmental DisordersGardner, Amanda
Parents, if you haven’t already, please talk to your child’s pediatrician about any concerns you may have surrounding the CDC-recommended vaccine schedule. It’s essential to understand the potential risks of not vaccinating your child before making that decision. And while you’re at...
" Offit gives a historical account of the anti-vaccination movement in the U.S. and explains the rise of non-medical immunization exemptions over time and how these trends relate to the nationwide pushback against COVID-19 vaccine mandates....
Changes have been made over the years to optimise the immunisation of poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella. The introduction of hemophilus influenza type B vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine has reduced the incidence of these infections. Vaccination against human papillomavirus infection is...
Background: Recent increases in the number of recommended childhood vaccines have raised public concerns about the potential side effects of immunizations on children's health. Because of the increasing prevalence of autism diagnoses over the last 15 years, this disorder, in particular, has become ...
When a vaccine dose is given so late that the next dose in the series cannot be given during the routinely recommended time frame, a catch-up schedule is used that specifies minimum intervals between catch-up doses. For our primary analysis described above, all days during which a child was...
In this immunization program, China had integrated these vaccines into the national expanded program on immunization and provided free vaccination for children [1]. Residents aged from 0 to 6 years old have been asked to be vaccinated with HepB vaccine, BCG vaccine, polio vaccine, DPT vaccine,...
Recommended Vaccinations for Children 7 to 18 Years Old, United States Parents should try to have their children vaccinated according to the schedule. A significant delay in vaccination puts children at risk of the serious diseases the vaccines could prevent. If children miss a vaccine dose, ...
But, she added, "The most shocking part of this report is that the committee could only identify fewer than 40 studies published in the past 10 years that addressed the current 0-6-year-old child vaccine schedule. We still don't know if the doubling of the numbers of doses of vaccines...