Reminders sent to 13,000 students in Waterloo region with outdated vaccination records

Region of Waterloo Public Health has issued notices to more than 13,000 students about out-of-date vaccination records. If ...
The Washington Post

U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.

Before the pandemic, roughly half of counties had kindergarten vaccination rates high enough to prevent measles outbreaks. After the pandemic, many counties increased their vaccination rates, reaching ...
People

This Common Vaccine May Slow the Progression of Dementia or Even Prevent It

The shingles vaccine may offer a protective effect against developing dementia, as well as “therapeutic potential” for those already diagnosed Getty The shingles vaccine may slow the progression of ...
USA Today

HHS to overhaul childhood vaccines, will recommend fewer shots

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning to reduce the number of shots in the schedule of recommended vaccines for children, according to reports. The U.S. vaccination schedule ...
CNN

RFK Jr. is scrutinizing the vaccine schedule – but its safety record is already decades long

EDITOR’S NOTE: The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news ...
Becker's Hospital Review

FDA expands COVID vaccine death review to include adults

The FDA has expanded its internal review of potential COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths to include adults, building on an inquiry that initially focused on children. The broadened review follows ...
STAT

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp ...
NPR

CDC's vaccine advisers are likely to make a controversial change to long-used vaccine

Powerful federal advisers this week are expected to make a controversial change to how babies are immunized against hepatitis B, and to question how pediatricians inoculate children against more than ...
Science News

mRNA flu vaccines are making their way through clinical trials

Flu vaccines that take a page from the COVID-19 vaccine platform are making progress in clinical trials. In a phase 3 trial, Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine outperformed a traditional vaccine, researchers ...
Pew Research Center

How Do Americans View Childhood Vaccines, Vaccine Research and Policy?

A 4-year-old boy picks out a bandage before getting vaccinated in San Jose, California, in 2022. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center ...
The Conversation

Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...