Vaccination News

LISBON, Portugal — In this video, virologist Angela Rasmussen, PhD, discusses the steps she is taking to safely attend the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in person.

DENVER — A study found that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy waned over time for caregivers of children with autism, according to researchers at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

LISBON, Portugal — A fully vaccinated and boosted health care worker tested positive for the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 just 20 days after testing positive for the delta variant, researchers reported here.

LISBON, Portugal — In 2018, Europe reported nearly 83,000 cases of measles — a 15-fold increase over 2016. Four countries lost their measles elimination status the following year amid the surge, which was linked to gaps in vaccination.

COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2021, while the differences in death rates between certain racial and ethnic minority groups remain, the CDC announced in a press release.

Data published Thursday in MMWR raised concerns about a decline in routine pediatric vaccinations during the pandemic.

SARS-CoV-2 spreads extensively in households, with children being a significant source of that spread, a Canadian study reported last week.

A federal judge in Florida overturned the CDC’s national mask mandate for public transportation — including on airplanes and trains — saying in her order that it was “unlawful.”

For the first time in 7 years, the number of STD cases reported in the U.S. was lower than the previous year. However, the CDC attributed this to a 13% decline in reported chlamydia cases, which was likely a result of underdiagnosis.

Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday that they will be asking the FDA to authorize a COVID-19 booster dose for children aged 5 to 11 years.