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Many parents have opted not to let their kids get the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, causing the vaccination rates to lag. Their decision could be responsible for the measles outbreak that hit Columbus, Ohio, late last year. Amid the…
A study conducted in Brazil and reported in an article in Vaccines shows that in the São José do Rio Preto region in the northwest of São Paulo state, only 75.8% of children aged 0-15 have antibodies against measles. The…
People with autoimmune or auto-inflammatory rheumatic diseases have an increased risk of infections. This can be due to the underlying disease itself, or may be caused by treatment with immunomodulating or immunosuppressive drugs. Vaccinations play an important role in infection…
As of late September 2022, nearly 78% of U.S. adults but only 31% of children ages 5 to 11 had completed the primary set of vaccinations against Covid-19, according to health authorities. In an open-access article published in the journal…
