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Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Decrease as Vaccine Exemptions Increase

Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Decrease as Vaccine Exemptions Increase

New data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that vaccination rates among U.S. kindergartners averaged about 92 percent for the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines and declined during the 2023-2024 school year, while the percentage of children with vaccine exemptions reached […]

Young Woman With Blood Disorder Develops Painful Severe Reaction to Multiple Vaccinations

Young Woman With Blood Disorder Develops Painful Severe Reaction to Multiple Vaccinations

A 23-year-old woman being treated for a rare autoimmune blood disorder at UCI Medical Center in Orange, California earlier this month report suffered a severe reaction after receiving multiple vaccines for tetanus, pneumococcal and meningitis at the hospital. Alexis Lorenze, who in January 2024 was diagnosed with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), went to UCI Medical […]

Febrile Seizures Identified as Potential Cause of Sudden Unexplained Deaths of Children

Febrile Seizures Identified as Potential Cause of Sudden Unexplained Deaths of Children

A study published in the Feb. 13, 2024 journal Neurology designed to investigate the cause of sudden unexplained death of children, which usually occurs during sleep, found that the deaths of seven toddlers examined in the study were related to convulsions, also known as seizures. This finding suggests that many unexplained sleep-related deaths unexpectedly occurring […]

Guillain-Barré Syndrome ‘More Common Than Expected’ in Early RSV Vaccine Trial

Guillain-Barré Syndrome ‘More Common Than Expected’ in Early RSV Vaccine Trial

Reports of the nervous system disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) were “more common than expected” in the older adult population who received the new vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The data, reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), matched trial data reported earlier this year.1 GBS is a “polio-like” inflammatory autoimmune […]

Vaccination Exemption Rates Increased Among U.S. Kindergarteners in 40 States

Vaccination Exemption Rates Increased Among U.S. Kindergarteners in 40 States

A new report published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) states that during the 2022–2023 school year, vaccination coverage remained at 93 percent for all reported vaccines. However, the vaccine exemption rate increased 0.4 percentage points to three percent. Exemptions increased in 41 states, and […]

15-Month-Old Girl Dies Two Days After ‘Well-Baby Visit’ Vaccinations

15-Month-Old Girl Dies Two Days After ‘Well-Baby Visit’ Vaccinations

A 15-month-old girl died in Warwick, New York on Oct. 19, 2023, two days after receiving three shots of five vaccines during a routine well-baby visit with a pediatrician at the Herbert Kania Pediatric Group. Melody Rain Palombi-Malmgren was a “perfectly healthy child,” according to her mother, Katherine Palombi. She was administered the varicella (chickenpox), […]

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