Local outbreaks can motivate the vaccine-hesitant, poll finds
COVID-19 and influenza burned through the U.S. during this year's cold and flu season, and deadly measles outbreaks have sickened people in 19 states.
Mar 31, 2025
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COVID-19 and influenza burned through the U.S. during this year's cold and flu season, and deadly measles outbreaks have sickened people in 19 states.
Mar 31, 2025
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14
Early in my career as a pediatrician, it would not be unusual to get a phone call in the middle of the night from the worried parent of a child with a high fever. I got out of bed, met the family in the emergency room and ...
Mar 5, 2025
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Plummeting immunization rates, outbreaks of once-vanquished childhood diseases, and the appointment of a vocal vaccine skeptic as health secretary have US experts sounding the alarm about a looming public health crisis.
Feb 25, 2025
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Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what ...
Jan 27, 2025
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In a recent essay, pediatrician-scientist Peter Hotez proposes a focus on local data, improved benefit-risk communications, actively countering health disinformation, and state-level action to address antivaccine sentiment ...
Jan 8, 2025
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Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December—about six times more than at this time last year and more than have been reported since 2014, according to data ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Hospitalized premature infants who received recommended two-month vaccinations had an increased risk of a short episode of apnea, but no serious complications arose, according to a study led by Duke Health researchers.
Jan 6, 2025
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Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the start of a new year is a good calendar reminder to ...
Dec 27, 2024
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Some infectious diseases saw a huge surge in 2024, with the spread attributed in part to climate change, declining vaccination rates and the advent of new pathogen variants.
Dec 24, 2024
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This year, in addition to more familiar respiratory viruses like influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2, local health experts are also warning about a particular type of pneumonia infection.
Dec 24, 2024
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