A new Emory survey finds that Georgia parents continue to trust routine childhood vaccines — including the newborn hepatitis B shot — even as shifting federal guidance fuels confusion.
Many clinicians and epidemiologists fear abandoning the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could reverse three decades of progress toward eliminating a disease that still infects as many as 2.4 million Americans and kills tens of thousands each year.
Trenton Daniel's reporting career has taken him from South Florida, to Haiti, to New York City. Here's what he's learned and how he'll cover public health for New Yorkers.
New York City has made incredible progress against HIV, but rising infection rates, persistent disparities, and looming federal funding cuts risk a backslide.
With subsidies ending Dec. 31, thousands may risk going without health insurance, which could raise costs for everyone, analysts said.
A new Emory survey finds that Georgia parents continue to trust routine childhood vaccines — including the newborn hepatitis B shot — even as shifting federal guidance fuels confusion.
Trenton Daniel's reporting career has taken him from South Florida, to Haiti, to New York City. Here's what he's learned and how he'll cover public health for New Yorkers.
New York City has made incredible progress against HIV, but rising infection rates, persistent disparities, and looming federal funding cuts risk a backslide.
The Supreme Court wants a lower court to take a second look at New York’s school vaccine mandate in light of the Mahmoud decision. New York is among several states that removed religious exemptions in the face of disease outbreaks.
Many clinicians and epidemiologists fear abandoning the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could reverse three decades of progress toward eliminating a disease that still infects as many as 2.4 million Americans and kills tens of thousands each year.
With subsidies ending Dec. 31, thousands may risk going without health insurance, which could raise costs for everyone, analysts said.
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They urge vaccinations, masking in crowds, and prompt treatment to prevent complications as the winter virus season picks up.
Universal infant and childhood vaccination against hepatitis B, recommended since 1991, has reduced by 99% the number of reported cases among U.S. children, adolescents, and young adults.
Meanwhile, flu and RSV cases are increasing across the city and state.
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The ACIP is also expected Friday to be briefed on the childhood immunization schedule by a vaccine critic, drawing outrage from U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy. "The ACIP is totally discredited," Cassidy said.
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A CDC vaccine advisory committee – whose members were replaced with appointees of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – is scheduled to take another series of votes that could reshape longstanding recommendations to protect babies against the cancer-causing hepatitis B virus.
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