Vaccination and Immunization

A comparison of COVID-19 PCR tests and rapid self-tests found self-tests to be highly accurate and user-friendly for children.

Children may receive a single booster shot at least 5 months after completing their initial Pfizer-BioNTech 2-dose series.

Active immunization of pregnant women with investigational vaccine protected infants from RSV from birth through at least 6 months.

Children living with HIV had a similar immune response to mRNA COVID-19 vaccination as children without HIV.

What are the unique challenges for individuals with ADHD?

The higher the gestational age when pregnant women received a COVID-19 vaccine, the higher the serological titers at birth.

Study shows that 10% of minorities refused COVID-19 vaccines because of past racial discrimination experiences

A look at a recently presented study on improving 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine uptake in groups that are at high risk.

The pandemic underscored the incredible power of vaccination.

Pfizer/BioNTech announce positive results for a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine for children

Poll respondents ‘hesitant,’ ‘resistant’ to get Pfizer-BioNTech shots

Wastage data published for first two months of 2021.

William J. Muller, MD, PhD, discusses COVID-19 vaccinations for children and what is on the horizon for a potential RSV vaccine.

We seek to reduce vaccine side effects—but what about the social media-compounded fears of anti-COVID vaccination?

A study examined 4 million posts on social media site in 2021.

Attitudes change over time but people need convincing.

At the 43rd National Conference on Pediatric Healthy Care for nurse practitioners, one clinician shares what pediatric health care providers should know about the 2022 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices schedule updates.

Moderna has released preliminary date from the company's phase 2/3 trial of the vaccine in children aged younger than 6 years.

Rural areas lag well behind their urban counterparts when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.

Multiple pharmaceutical companies are investigating the application of mRNA technology to develop vaccines that treat and prevent multiple conditions, from influenza to cancer and beyond.

Social media is often a ‘critical challenge for public health.’

The NVX-CoV2373 vaccine was evaluated in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.

The US Food and Drug Administration announces that the meeting to discuss extending the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to children aged 6 months to 4 years has been postponed until data on a third dose has been studied.

The safety of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women, for both mother and baby, has been dependent on observation during the rollout. A large population trial provides further support for the vaccine’s safety.

Parents who do not want their children vaccinated often declare they will homeschool their children if they are unable to get nonmedical (personal belief) exemptions. Investigators looked into whether California’s law in 2015 impacted homeschooling rates in the state.

A new poll suggests that misconceptions about the flu vaccine are at a three-year high, despite the fact that more patients seem to be receiving the vaccine. Find out what physicians can do to clear the air.

The COVID-19 vaccine protects against disease and severe effects, but can it help reduce the risk of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)?

A new study showed that COVID-19 vaccinations may temporarily cause changes to the timing of menstruation.

The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) has given their support for giving a COVID-19 booster to children aged 12 to 15 years.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made multiple changes to the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.