Vaccine Hesitancy

Healio has added three new topics to its Building Confidence: A COVID-19 Vaccine Discussion Guide.

The AAP reiterated its support for pediatric COVID-19 vaccination after Florida’s surgeon general said this week that the state would recommend against it.

Last week, Healio provided extensive coverage of the virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Healio has launched a new resource that clinicians can use as a tool to guide conversations with patients who are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

CDC Director Rochelle P. Walenksy, MD, MPH, had some advice for combating vaccine hesitancy in the United States.

A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was safe and produced a modest boost in anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in MS patients who experienced a reduced immune response after the first two doses, according to data published in JAMA Neurology.

Many caregivers expressed hesitancy to vaccinate themselves and their children who had cancer against COVID-19, according to study results published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have confronted not only the illness and loss of millions of lives, but also the dangerous reality of having a health care system full of moral gaps, inequities and disparities.

In the third installment of a four-video series timed to Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Maurie Markman, MD, spoke with Healio about how clinicians can help overcome HPV vaccine hesitancy.

Data from a survey representing more than 7,500 parents showed that about one-quarter were hesitant to get their child vaccinated.