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January 12, 2023
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Vaccine coverage among US kindergarteners declines again

The percentage of kindergarteners who had received certain routine childhood immunizations declined again last school year, CDC researchers reported Thursday.

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September 20, 2022
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Top in ID: Circulating poliovirus in New York; CDC monkeypox vaccine equity program

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced a state disaster emergency due to poliovirus detected in the wastewater samples of several counties in the state, as well as New York City.

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August 08, 2022
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Q&A: Sports physicals 'are a great opportunity' to offer COVID-19 vaccination

Misinformation and disruptions in care during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to troubling trends in vaccine uptake among children in the United States, according to Sterling Ransone, MD, FAAFP, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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June 22, 2022
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Wastewater surveillance detects 'likely' spread of vaccine-derived poliovirus in London

Wastewater surveillance has detected “several” closely related vaccine-derived polioviruses in London sewage, suggesting there has been some person-to-person spread, health officials said.

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February 24, 2022
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Rapid diagnostic test for antibody deficiencies ‘tool to help’ in underserved areas

A prototype point-of-care rapid screening device differentiated between low immunoglobulin G antibody levels associated with agammaglobulinemia and normal levels, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Immunology.

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October 24, 2019
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‘A great achievement’: Wild poliovirus type 3 eradicated globally

Wild poliovirus type 3, or WPV3, has been eradicated globally, experts announced on World Polio Day.

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September 09, 2019
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Q&A: ‘We still have work to do’ before eradicating polio

According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, only two countries still have circulation of wild poliovirus: Afghanistan and Pakistan.