US Shrinks Childhood Vaccine Schedule; Drops Six Common Vaccines From CDC Recommendations
Among the core vaccines no longer recommended for all children are those that protect against rotavirus, RSV, influenza, meningococcal disease,...
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US recommends fewer childhood vaccines in major shift
The US will no longer recommend that every child receive immunizations against several diseases including rotavirus and influenza - Copyright...
Vaccines for children save lives. Check on yours
During my 30 years of practicing medicine, I have cared for unvaccinated children who died from vaccine-preventable diseases like bacterial...
Revolutionary Medicine: The Importance of Child Vaccines
By 1955 the long-awaited polio vaccine was created, followed by vaccines for measles (1963), mumps (1967) and rubella (1969), which...
Kids died before vaccines. It could happen again.
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions.In the...
The Staggering Success of Vaccines
Once a week, early in the morning, community health worker Kiden Josephine Francis Laja mounts her bicycle and pedals as...
