A study of 15,728 US children (2015โ2020) found flu vaccines reduce the risk of emergency visits, hospitalisations, and critical illness by over 50%.
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Estimated Vaccine Effectiveness for Pediatric Patients With Severe Influenza
This case-control study with a test-negative design estimates influenza vaccine effectiveness by severity of illness across 5 influenza seasons in children with acute respiratory illness presenting to medical centers located in different US states.
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Research found young children of parents who declined the COVID-19 vaccine were about 25 percent less likely to receive vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR).
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Mount Sinai Today
Research Suggests Link Between COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Increasing Uncertainty in Routine Vaccines for Young Children | Mountโฆ
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A study in China showed that a chatbot helped parents get their daughters vaccinated against HPV. The vaccination rate was 7.1% for parents using the chatbot, compared to 1.8% for those who did not. The chatbot also improved parents' knowledge and increased consultations with health professionals.
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Nature
A vaccine chatbot intervention for parents to improve HPV vaccination uptake among middle school girls: a cluster randomized trial
Nature Medicine - In a large trial involving 180 classes in different contexts in China, interactions with a chatbot provided to parents increased uptake and appointments for human papillomavirus...
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Importance of vaccination against measles once declared non-endemic in the US ๐๐: In 2024, 40% of people with confirmed measles were hospitalized. Mortality rate is 1-3 deaths per 1,000. Encephalitis occurs in 1 in 1,000. SSPE, almost away fatal, occurs years after measles infection, in 1 in 100,000.
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EurekAlert!
Experts stress importance of vaccination amidst measles outbreaks
Pediatric infectious diseases experts stress the importance of vaccination against measles, one of the most contagious viruses, which is once more spreading in the United States. In the article published in Pediatrics, they update pediatricians on this vaccineโฆ
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Modernaโs combined Covid and flu shot ๐ฆ ๐ outperformed the existing standalone vaccines for both viruses, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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NBC News
Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial
A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against Covid and the flu at the same time.
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New research shows MMR vaccination rates have dropped in 78% of US counties since the pandemic ๐ฆ ๐ โ with 2025 already seeing over 1,000 measles cases ๐ค.
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Trends in County-Level MMR Vaccination Coverage in Children in the United States
This study examines county-level vaccination rates for children from 2017 to 2024 for all US states.
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Despite enormous efforts to dampen anti-vaccination influence, the online vaccine misinformation network remains structurally persistent. ๐๐ฆ ๐
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ResearchGate
Long-term resilience of online battle over vaccines and beyond
Download Citation | Long-term resilience of online battle over vaccines and beyond | What has been the impact of the enormous amounts of time, effort and money spent promoting pro-vaccine science from pre-COVID-19 to now? We answer... | Find, read and citeโฆ
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Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says ๐ท๐จ๐ฆโ
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CTVNews
Canada loses measles elimination status
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the Pan American Health Organization said on Monday, a loss that also results in the Americas region losing the status.
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Study shows flu vaccine effectiveness differs by age. Although all four vaccines generated similar antibodies, cellular immunity varied widely by type and age group. These results could refine guidance for older adults after the severe 2024โ25 flu season: 47M cases, 610K hospitalizations, 27K deaths ๐ก๏ธ๐๐ต๐
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OUP Academic
Comparative analysis of cellular immune responses to four seasonal inactivated influenza vaccines in younger and older adults Openโฆ
Abstract. The efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccines varies across age groups, even in individuals with strong antibody responses. Since protection agains
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Evidence shows benefit of RSV vaccines as Trump officials push restrictions. ๐ฆ ๐ As US officials move to restrict vaccines, including the shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), more evidence is emerging to confirm how dramatically the RSV vaccines reduce hospitalizations. ๐ฅ๐
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the Guardian
Evidence shows benefit of RSV vaccines as Trump officials push restrictions
Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabsโ success
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Opting out of childhood vaccines is becoming more common across most of the United States, leaving larger shares of the population vulnerable to preventable diseases like measles. Whatโs driving the trend: nonmedical reasons for exemptions โ often described as religious or personal beliefs. ๐๐ค๐
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CNN
Patches of low vaccination in the US are becoming bigger, riskier holes
Opting out of childhood vaccines is becoming more common across most of the United States, leaving larger shares of the population vulnerable to preventable diseases โ like measles, which is continuing its record-breaking spread across the country.
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Flu vaccine reduces severe illness in kids, but coverage remains low. In the United States, only about half of children (49%) received the annual flu shot during the 2024โ25 season, which represents a 4.2% drop from the year before and a 13.2% drop from before the pandemic.
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Flu vaccine reduces severe illness in kids, but coverage remains low
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