Study reveals the significant and lasting impact of long COVID on children, emphasizing the protective role of vaccines and ...

With childhood vaccination rates in Michigan on a downward trajectory, state public health officials are stepping up to urge ...

Aug. 9, 2024 — A new, two-step flu vaccination strategy that pairs intramuscular injection of a viral vectored flu vaccine with nasal spray administration of a novel attenuated live flu virus ...

WHO urges cease-fire as polio threatens 640,000 children - Polio vaccination campaign in Gaza faces delays due to security ...

The lowest county rates belong to Keweenaw (36.8%), Oscoda (38.2%), Mackinac (54.2%), and Houghton (55.4%) in Northern ...

Related: 2 Michigan counties have child vax rates under 40%. See how your area ranks. Public schools had a higher immunization completion rate (91%) last year, compared to private schools (84.1%).

but the conflict has caused the vaccination rate to fall below 90%. Children under age 3 are especially vulnerable to polio, which can cause paralysis and death. The disease is highly contagious ...

to more than 640,000 children under the age of 10 across the enclave. The campaign is to kick off this coming weekend. To facilitate the campaign, 1.26 million doses of the nOPV2 vaccine have been ...

Why is the DRC outbreak affecting children so badly? Because of conflict ... vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases because the country has quite low child vaccination rates.

Polio is a serious and highly infectious disease that largely affects children ... rates in Gaza and the occupied West Bank were optimal before the conflict. In 2022, polio vaccine coverage ...