The members are Veronica McNally, JD, of Michigan State College of Law, and Wendy Lane, MD, MPH, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Low coverage was seen in West Texas, southern New Mexico, northern Arizona, parts of Mississippi, and the rural Southeast.
Today's myths include "Vaccines cause autism," "VAERS proves vaccines kill people," "Natural immunity is better," and "mRNA vaccines cause turbo cancers."
African officials say a controversial study of the hepatitis B vaccine—scheduled to begin this month—may be canceled, but US officials differ.
Today's myths: "Vaccines were never properly tested," "Vaccinated and unvaccinated kids haven’t been compared," "The ingredients are toxic," and "Too many, too soon." More in part 2 tomorrow.
County-level US nonmedical exemptions to childhood vaccine requirements rose 2.5 percentage points from 2010 to 2024.
Although the correlate of protection is unknown, the findings show that standard doses should be used in infants.
The US Senate and House of Representatives have included funding for GAVI in their foreign assistance appropriations bill.
A growing number of states are pushing back against sweeping changes to the US childhood vaccine schedule.
Among polled adults, 1 in 10 were not sure what shared decision-making means.
