RSV Vaccination of Pregnant Women
Vaccinating expectant mothers against RSV reduces hospital admissions in young infants by at least 80%, according to amajor study of nearly 300,000 babies in England. Read more
Category: Vaccines
New Vaccination Resources
American Academy of Family Physicians https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/prevention-wellness/immunizations-vaccines.html AAFP has updated its child and adult immunization schedules for 2026. The updates include: Integration of new vaccine products and options Clearer guidance in complex or rapidly evolving areas AAFP-specific framing and clinical perspective Moderna Atlas https://atlas.modernatx.com/bench2practice/educational-resources The Moderna Bench2Practice website allows healthcare providers to find educational tools and resources to elevate knowledge of vaccines and assist with patient communication. Learn about educational topics like: Virus, Clinical Course, and Impact At risk population insights Increasing vaccination uptake mRNA therapeutics and vaccine technology Vaccinate Your Family 2025 Annual Report https://vaccinateyourfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/VFY_Annual_Report_2025_Digital.pdf Throughout 2025, VYF remained focused Read More …
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Immunization Schedule Changes
As reported by the Washington Post on March 16, 2026: A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood immunization schedule, siding with the American Academy of Pediatrics and many other national medical and scientific organizations. AAP and the other plaintiffs argue that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unlawfully altered vaccine policy and improperly reconstituted a federal vaccine advisory panel. Under Kennedy, the federal government has cut the number of vaccines previously recommended to children, including for flu, hepatitis A, rotavirus and meningococcal disease. Kennedy had also dismissed all 17 members of the Read More …
More Illness: Greater Cost
The Common Health Coalition has published its Spotlight Brief on the cost of Childhood Immunizations. Summary: This brief demonstrates how declines in childhood vaccination will carry substantial human and economic consequences, using measles as a case study. The modeling analysis, conducted by the Yale School of Public Health, finds that a sustained 1% annual decline in MMR vaccine coverage could lead to more than 17,000 measles cases, 4,000 hospitalizations, and 36 preventable deaths each year, while adding billions in avoidable costs across the US health system and economy by 2030. Read the Brief
DPH Reports Measles Exposure at Nemours ED
DOVER, Del. (Feb.20, 2026) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is reporting a measles exposure at the Nemours Children’s Hospital emergency department in Wilmington on February 18, 2026. Contact tracing is ongoing. DPH will notify persons who were identified as exposed, to confirm whether or not they have been vaccinated against measles before, provide educational resources, and to recommend quarantine and exclusion orders when necessary. DPH encourages people who were exposed to check their vaccination status and watch for symptoms for 21 days until March 11, 2026. Pregnant people — regardless of vaccination status — who may have Read More …
AAP Publishes 2026 Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedule
The American Academy of Pediatrics published their 2026 Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedule on Monday, January 26, which has been endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), the National Medical Association (NMA), Pedidatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), Pediatric Pharmacy Assocation (PPA), and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM). View the Schedule Read More …
The Science Behind the Immunization Schedule
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?
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
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
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