Immunization

Many health care personnel working in acute-care hospitals and nursing homes are not up to date on recommended COVID-19 or influenza vaccinations, new study findings suggest.

Researchers completed the first ever human challenge trial for Zika virus, deliberately infecting volunteers to identify strains of the virus that can be safely used to test vaccines against the mosquito-borne pathogen.

The CDC last week recommended Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for pregnant people to protect newborns from severe RSV illness.

HPV vaccine coverage in U.S. teenagers did not increase in 2022 for the first time in a decade, according to data published in MMWR.

The AAP published guidance on the use of nirsevimab, recommending it for all infants aged younger than 8 months to prevent severe disease from respiratory syncytial virus.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. To mark the occasion, we compiled a list of vaccine stories you may have missed in 2023.

Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, is professor emeritus of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

The American College of Rheumatology has released two updated guideline papers for the treatment and management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to a press release.

Study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics reported a “positive association” between states with laws allowing teenager consent to HPV vaccination and the corresponding immunization rate.

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of vaccination, both in terms of protecting individuals from infection and eradicating threats to public health.