Polio is now being targeted because of the serious danger of a rapid spread in Gaza and beyond. To stop infection outbreaks, ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Steven Furr of the American Academy of Family Physicians about childhood vaccination rates, as measles cases continue to climb around the country.

With childhood vaccination rates in Michigan on a downward trajectory, state public health officials are stepping up to urge ...

WHO urges cease-fire as polio threatens 640,000 children - Polio vaccination campaign in Gaza faces delays due to security ...

Aug. 9, 2024 — A new, two-step flu vaccination strategy that pairs intramuscular injection of a viral vectored flu vaccine with nasal spray administration of a novel attenuated live flu virus ...

but the conflict has caused the vaccination rate to fall below 90%. Children under age 3 are especially vulnerable to polio, which can cause paralysis and death. The disease is highly contagious ...

New Yorkers have been slightly above the national vaccination rate, while in Georgia only about 17% got the latest shot. Vaccine uptake is lower in states where the majority voted for Donald Trump ...

Related: 2 Michigan counties have child vax rates under 40%. See how your area ranks. Public schools had a higher immunization completion rate (91%) last year, compared to private schools (84.1%).

to more than 640,000 children under the age of 10 across the enclave. The campaign is to kick off this coming weekend. To facilitate the campaign, 1.26 million doses of the nOPV2 vaccine have been ...

Polio is a serious and highly infectious disease that largely affects children ... rates in Gaza and the occupied West Bank were optimal before the conflict. In 2022, polio vaccine coverage ...