Vaccination

More than half of people expecting a baby said in a survey that they were “very likely” to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus during pregnancy, researchers reported.

At the start of the pandemic, there were no data to show whether asthma put pregnant women at higher risk for complications from COVID-19, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

An investigation of mpox cases during a 2023 outbreak revealed that cases were likely due to frequent behaviors associated with mpox transmission despite most patients being vaccinated with a relatively highly effective vaccine.

A sharp uptick in reported measles cases in the United States during the first quarter of 2024 has raised concerns that the country could lose its measles elimination status, CDC researchers said Thursday.

ChatGPT could help reduce vaccine hesitancy and provide accurate information on sexually transmitted infections, according to two new studies.

Pregnant and recently pregnant women reported increased COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and changes in perceptions of vaccine safety from 2021 to 2023, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

An mpox vaccine is now commercially available in the United States, expanding the locations where patients can access the shot to include pharmacies, physician offices and other facilities that normally vaccinate.

New global cancer diagnoses could reach 35 million by the year 2050, according to a report from the American Cancer Society published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Receipt of an updated COVID-19 vaccine lowered the risk for hospitalization among immunocompromised people by around one-third, according to a study.

Tests that look for multiple causes of rash in children may incorrectly identify a measles infection if a child has recently received an MMR vaccine, investigators reported in MMWR.