Vaccine Hesitancy

A COVID-19 vaccine could become available to certain patient populations by the end of this year, according to a press briefing held by the CDC and HHS in late October.

Medical vaccination exemptions and absenteeism increased after the New York state legislature eliminated religious vaccine exemptions last year, a survey found.

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, told CNN last month that it is unlikely a COVID-19 vaccine with an efficacy of up to 75% that is taken by two-thirds of the population would be enough to create herd immunity against the novel coronavirus.

Religious exemption rates are increasing in the United States and appear to be associated with the availability of personal belief exemptions, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

NEW ORLEANS — Quality improvement projects focused on education and multidisciplinary cooperation have been successful at improving hepatitis B vaccination rates among neonates, according to a pair of studies presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

Facebook and Instagram will begin prompting users to visit the websites of the CDC and WHO for credible vaccine information.

Results of a nationally representative survey suggest that people who distrust government medical experts — like those from the CDC — and live farther from recent measles outbreaks have more negative attitudes toward measles vaccination than people with low trust in government experts who live close to outbreaks.

More than 40% of parents report that they would be somewhat or very likely to change their child’s health care provider if they knew the office treated families who refuse vaccination, according to findings from a nationally representative survey of more than 2,000 parents.