Author: Kate Smith

Keep Recommending Flu Vaccine

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Last influenza (flu) season, 289 US children died from influenza—the highest number in more than a decade. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains the leading cause of hospitalization among US infants. Based on the best available scientific evidence, Dr. John Kennedy strongly urges American Medical Group Association (AMGA) members to continue recommendation of annual influenza vaccination for your patients age 6 months and older, as well as protection against RSV for all infants whose mothers did not receive an RSV vaccine during pregnancy. Still not sure?? Check out the list of dozens of medical societies and trade associations who stand alongside Read More …

We Urge You: Reconsider the Overhaul of the Childhood Immunization Schedule

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MEDIA STATEMENT For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 Contact: Kate Smith (ksmith@delamed.org) STATEMENT: We Urge The United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Reconsider Overhaul of Childhood Immunization Schedule Yesterday afternoon, the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Jim O’Neill, in his role as Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), signed a memorandum that directs HHS and the CDC to review and revise the U.S. childhood immunization schedule. The action follows a directive from President Trump to “review international best Read More …

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The Science Behind the Immunization Schedule

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VUMEDI is a trusted source of information, with content from the most respected key opinion leaders and institutions around the globe. The following video, “The Science Behind the Immunization Schedule: How ACIP Evaluates Safety, Timing, and Risk” was created before RFK, Jr’s restructuring of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices in 2025, and reflects the scientific rigor that stood up vaccine recommendations before the second Trump administration. Recommendations from the current version of ACIP should be double checked against professional society (i.e., AAP, AMA, ACOG) recomendations. Sign up for VUMEDI and view the video here.

Do We Want to Be Like Denmark?

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On December 5, 2025, at the insistence of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (a man with no medical degree, or any degree having to do with immunology or vaccinology), President Trump issued an Executive Order asking the US to align ourselves with peer countries that give fewer vaccines. Denmark recommends 10 vaccines, Japan 14, and Germany 15. Do US Children Receive Too Many Vaccines? RFK, Trump, and others believe that too many vaccines are overwhelming, and can weaken immune systems. These individuals frequently point out that, as children, they only received a few vaccines, and they’re fine. And they’re Read More …

The Myth of an Over-Vaccinated America

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Recently, CIDRAP wrote a great article about the United States, and why we follow the schedule that we do. Check it out here: Viewpoint: The Myth of an Over-Vaccinated America: the US DOES Follow Global Consensus

Vaccine Integrity Project

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Check out the Vaccine Integrity Project, a CIDRAP initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine use in the US so that it remains grounded in best available science, free from external influence, and focused on optimizing protection of individuals, families, and communities against vaccine preventable diseases. The Vaccine Integrity Project

Immunization Coalition of Delaware Supports the Use of Hepatitis B Vaccine at Birth

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Friday, December 12, 2025 Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to downgrade its longstanding recommendation to vaccinate all newborns against hepatitis B at birth. The newly formed ACIP has, under the leadership of HHS Secretary RFK, Jr., become decidedly anti-vaccine. ACIP now emphasizes routine hepatitis B screening of pregnant women so that children born to uninfected mothers may have their birth dose deferred. Unfortunately, some women become infected with HBV after their first trimester screening, and some are never screened at all, due to late (or no) prenatal care Read More …

DPH Announces Availability of All Routine Vaccinations at DPH Clinics

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CONTACT: Sean Dooley, Media Relations Coordinator Email: DPHMedia@delaware.gov  DPH ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF ALL ROUTINE VACCINATIONS AT DPH CLINICS As flu and respiratory illness season starts, the Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing that flu, RSV, pneumonia, COVID-19 vaccines, as well as all other routine vaccinations, are available at DPH Clinics for Delawareans six months and older. Routine vaccines on the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) immunization schedules can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/index.html. Residents with insurance may be charged a co-pay at the time of services, depending on their coverage. A list of DPH clinics located within some Read More …

The CDC Does it Again

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On November 19, 2025, RFK Jr. changed a section on the CDC website titled “Vaccines and Autism.” The website now states, “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.” You can never prove never. However, 24 studies performed in 7 countries on 3 continents involving thousands of children and costing tens of millions of dollars have all found the same thing. Children who have received the MMR vaccine were not at greater risk of developing autism than those who didn’t receive it. Researchers Read More …

Canada Loses Measles Elimination Status

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Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced Monday, meaning all of the Americas have lost that status as well. The decision, which was widely expected, comes after a meeting last week where an expert committee of the Pan American Health Organization determined that a large measles outbreak that began in Canada in October 2024 was still ongoing, more than 12 months after it started. It is reversible – if the country sees zero cases of measles in the next 12 months. However, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, and the US are currently battling ongoing measles Read More …