The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has announced a commitment to developing and releasing maternal immunization guidance, according to a press release.In recognition of “the ...

Georgia's MMR vaccination rates for kindergarteners have fallen from 93.6% in 2019-20 to 88.4% in 2023-24, pushing children further from the 95% rate needed for herd immunity.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing how federal agencies handle vaccine recommendations. Pediatricians say some parents worry about future access and want to get kids' shots early.

The clinics offer all state-mandated vaccines needed for enrollment in school, preschool or daycare, and that includes boosters as well as any additional recommended vaccines based on age and health ...

As northeast Florida families prepare for another school year, a Jacksonville pediatrician with more than 40 years of medical ...

AAP argues that nonmedical vaccine exemptions "erode the safety of school environments" and limit the public health value of ...

"Among the major world religious traditions, none include scriptural or doctrinal guidelines that preclude adherents from being vaccinated," AAP says. "Are we in some dystopian rerun of 2020?" ...

For two decades, Washington, D.C., pediatrician Lanre Falusi has counseled parents about vaccine safety, side effects, and ...

Cassandra Palmier had been meaning to get her son the second and final dose of the measles vaccine. But car problems made it ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics maintains that schools and day cares must require proof of vaccinations for children to attend. Just five states have laws that accept only medical exemptions.

Throughout the country, pediatricians say anxious parents are concerned about access to routine childhood immunizations, ...

An updated policy statement from the AAP reiterated the organization's support for laws that require certification of ...