NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Wednesday. The share of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 3.3%, up from 3% the year before. ...
That may be because older adults have higher vaccination rates and they may be more likely to take other COVID-19 precautions, such as wearing masks and avoiding crowds, Clarke said. Clarke said the tests can detect antibodies for one to two years after infection, and possibly longer. ...
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However, mean annual rates of improvement in on-time vaccination were lower for children from lower-income families and for children without private health insurance. Meaning: These findings suggest that vaccination timeliness has improved overall, but widening disparities...
Some vaccine preventable diseases are also re-emerging in middle-and-high-income countries (MHICs) due to low immunization rates (Glatman-Freedman and Nichols, 2012). The current literature has identified several key factors which influence childhood vaccination, including parental education, maternal ...
HPV vaccination rates are closely tracked and monitored for adolescents (aged 13-17 years).3However, little is known about vaccination rates in young adults, who are more likely to make health care decisions for themselves but less likely to access preventive services or be insured.4Our objective...
The 2020 numbers suggest "there were larger increases among males than females in HPV vaccination rates," Lu noted. In the end, the gender gap in vaccine uptake shrank from 13% in 2015 to just 3% by 2020. As to what's driving the steady improvement, Lu pointed to vaccine education effor...
Center for Vaccine Development analyzed this data and found that, among children enrolling in kindergarten, those with nonmedical exemptions have increased since 2009 in 12 states. The team concluded that this increase is associated with the lower rates of measles, mumps and rubella vaccination ...
This cross-sectional study assesses the rates of COVID-19 vaccination among adults with vision or hearing disabilities in the US.
According to the National Immunization Survey, the vaccination coverage for US children aged 19−35 months remains high, at 76%, for the six vaccinations against chickenpox, diphtheria, haemophilus influenza type B, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, and tetanus. The ...