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About 8% of Wisconsin kindergartners, or nearly 5,000 children, had an exemption for one or more required vaccines last school year, compared to about 3.3% nationally.
Last school year, about 86.5% of Wisconsin kindergartners were vaccinated against measles, compared to 93% of the rest of the country's kindergartners
Vaccine opponents would have the public believe that such therapies are unsafe and have little impact. But one only has to look as far as whooping cough in the U.S. to demonstrate the vital role ...
In December 2018, Argentina enacted a new vaccine policy requiring all persons who are medically able, both adults and children, to be vaccinated against specified diseases. Proof of vaccination is required to attend any level of school, file for a marriage license, and request any kind of government ID, including a passport or driver's license.
Vaccination programs like the VFC are expensive, but they also result in significant cost savings through prevented hospitalization and doctor visits. Routine childhood vaccination among the 1994-2013 birth cohort is estimated to result in $107 billion in direct costs and $121 billion in social costs. In return, childhood vaccination results in ...
Since 1990, when the vaccine was introduced as a routine vaccination in children, rates of acute Hepatitis B has decreased in the United States by 82%. This vaccine is given as a series of shots, the first dose is given at birth, the second between 1 and 2 months, and the third, and possibly fourth, between 6 and 18 months.
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine won approval for use in children as young as 12 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week - but do not expect schools to require shots for students anytime ...
With the increased spread of Delta variant in the United States and to overcome vaccine hesitancy, several major U.S. cities announced in August 2021 that individuals 12 and older would be required to present proof of vaccination in order to enter certain non-essential indoor businesses, such as gyms, dine-in restaurants, bars, and ...