Articles for Childhood Vaccines

Differing infant mortality rates in Japan and the US are not connected to vaccine policies
55 years ago

Differing infant mortality rates in Japan and the US are not connected to vaccine policies

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Japan stopped mandatory childhood vaccinations in 1994, vastly improving the country’s infant mortality rate. By contrast, the U.S. has the highest childhood vaccination rate and has “the worst infant mortality rate of the western nations.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While it’s true that Japan has a lower infant mortality rate than the U.S., public health experts say it is not …

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Author Who Debunked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks Out
1 year, 5 months ago

Author Who Debunked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks Out

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Two decades before he was a candidate for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was just starting to make a name for himself as an anti-vaccine activist. In June, as part of a response to another critic of his claims, he told the editors of National Review that Mnookin’s book is “a lengthy recitation …

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WHO fearful supplies of vaccines against childhood diseases could run short by late 2021
3 years, 8 months ago

WHO fearful supplies of vaccines against childhood diseases could run short by late 2021

The Independent  

The World Health Organisation is fearful that supplies of lifesaving vaccines against a number of childhood infectious diseases, including measles, diphtheria and polio, could run short by the end of 2021 due to Covid-19 disruptions. What is a real concern now is that we start to get back measles outbreaks, diphtheria – the kinds of really basic infectious diseases that …

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Childhood vaccinations see ‘substantial’ and ‘historic’ declines amid Covid-19 pandemic, CDC director warns
3 years, 9 months ago

Childhood vaccinations see ‘substantial’ and ‘historic’ declines amid Covid-19 pandemic, CDC director warns

CNN  

CNN — During the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been “concerning” declines in childhood vaccinations against other infectious diseases, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a White House briefing on Friday. During the pandemic, we have seen substantial declines in pediatrician visits, and because of this, CDC orders for childhood vaccinations dropped …

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Missed childhood vaccinations trigger worry
4 years, 8 months ago

Missed childhood vaccinations trigger worry

Hindustan Times  

Children missing out on life-saving vaccines could lead to a resurgence of potentially fatal diseases, such as childhood pneumonias, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and diarrhoea, among others, which threaten to reverse the gains India has made by immunising children against vaccine-preventing illnesses to bring down its infant mortality rate from 33 per 1,000 live births in 2017 from 34 …

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World Immunisation Day 2019: As effect of many childhood vaccines wears off, let’s have look at vaccines one should get as an adult
5 years, 2 months ago

World Immunisation Day 2019: As effect of many childhood vaccines wears off, let’s have look at vaccines one should get as an adult

Firstpost  

We all know about childhood vaccines, one of the best ways to prevent infectious diseases in the community. But what many of us don’t realise is that effect of many of these vaccines wears off eventually We all know about childhood vaccines, one of the best ways to prevent infectious diseases in the community. Immunisation for healthy adults Unless your …

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