#Vaccination

Articles (15)

• 🇺🇸 Vaccine confusion sets up U.S. for a resurgence of hepatitis B in babies — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The lesson from the past is simple. When we stop using vaccines that work, the diseases they prevent come back.

  Related: #Public Health, #Disease Prevention
• 🇺🇸 I had countless ailments as a child. Getting my kids vaccinated was a no-brainer — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  'Our adult children are 54 and 48. We have never worried about them suffering from preventable diseases as I did,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

  Related: #Parenting
• 🇬🇧 Meningitis cases rise as vaccine queues continue — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The UKHSA says the number of confirmed or suspected cases in Kent has risen from 29 to 34.

  Related: #Public Health
• 🇬🇧 Huge queues for jabs as meningitis vaccination scheme expanded — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Some queueing for vaccines at the University of Kent were turned away on Thursday.

  Related: #Public Health
• 🇺🇸 Acting CDC director Bhattacharya urges measles vaccines — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  Jay Bhattacharya, the recently appointed acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Monday urged families to consider vaccinating against measles as outbreaks across t...

  Related: #Public Health, #Disease Prevention
• 🇬🇧 Falling measles vaccination rates can have terrifying consequences for families | Letter — 22/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p><strong>Karen Ford’s </strong>granddaughter became seriously ill, highlighting just how important it is for communities to have herd immunity</p><p>Your report on the response to the measles outbre...

  Related: #Public Health, #Disease Prevention
• 🇺🇸 Extended interview: Itzhak Perlman — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  In this web exclusive, famed violinist Itzhak Perlman talks with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook about his experience after contracting polio as a child, several years before ...

  Related: #Disability, #Music, #Personal journey
• 🇺🇸 How safe is America from polio? — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  After decades of American children routinely receiving polio vaccines, the virus that had doomed many to paralysis was nearly eliminated in the United States. But vaccine avoidance today may allow the...

  Related: #Public health, #Disease prevention, #Medical history
• 🇺🇸 U.S. closes in on 1,000 measles cases in first two months of 2026 — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  The U.S. has officially logged 982 measles cases in 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

  Related: #Public Health, #Disease Outbreak
• 🇺🇸 Measles cases in South Carolina rise by 12 to 962, state health department says — 17/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Public Health, #Disease Outbreak
• 🇺🇸 Oz Offers Forceful Call for Measles Vaccination — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  The comments by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director come as South Carolina grapples with a large measles outbreak.

  Related: #Public Health, #Government Policy
• 🇺🇸 What to Know About Measles as Cases Rise: Symptoms, Vaccine and More — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  Here’s why we’re seeing so many cases now, and what to know about the risks of infection.

  Related: #Public Health, #Medicine
• 🇺🇸 Dr. Scott Gottlieb says measles outbreak may "get worse, unfortunately, before it resolves" — 08/02/2026 [USA]

  Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who sits on the boards of Pfizer and UnitedHealthcare, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the current measles outbreak could be a "long cycle...

  Related: #Public Health, #Politics
• 🇺🇸 Parents Navigate a Fracturing Vaccine Landscape — 29/01/2026 [USA]

  Rattled by the C.D.C.’s actions and the spread of measles, some parents are scrambling to figure out how to best protect their children.

  Related: #Public Health, #Parental Concerns
• 🇺🇸 South Carolina measles outbreak explodes to nearly 800 cases — 29/01/2026 [USA]

  Nearly 800 confirmed cases have made South Carolina the latest epicenter for measles. Dr. Jon LaPook has more.

  Related: #Public Health, #Disease Outbreaks