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 […]
Sperm Donors Who Did Not Get COVID Shots in High Demand
In 2021, a news website on crypto (digital money), known as Protos, reported a prediction that sperm from males who did not get the COVID-19 shots would become the next Bitcoin. The prediction occurred during a 2021 time period when there was speculation the mRNA COVID shots would cause infertility and reproductive issues.1 Crypto Currency […]
Antibiotics Largely Ineffective for Children in Asia-Pacific Region
A recent report published in The Lancet Regional Health–Southeast Asia from previously published studies found high levels of resistance to the antibiotics commonly used for empirical treatment of sepsis and meningitis in babies and children in the Asia-Pacific region.1 Researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia conducted this study to guide the empiric treatment […]
Study Finds Increased Risk of Stroke in Elderly After COVID and High Dose/Adjuvanted Influenza Shots
On Jan. 13 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for U.S. Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) issued a public statement regarding the identification of a preliminary safety signal for ischemic stroke among adults over the age of 65 that occurs between one to 21 days after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech’s monovalent […]
CDC Recommends SIX Vaccines During Pregnancy But Fewer Women are Complying
Fewer women in the U.S. are complying with CDC recommendations to get vaccinated during pregnancy according to a report about an Internet panel survey published on Sept. 29, 2023 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). CDC officials analyzed data from the survey assessing the uptake […]
Survey Finds 50 Percent of Americans Will Not Get Influenza Vaccine
A recent survey, which was conducted by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) to better understand the public’s attitudes and beliefs about influenza, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pneumococcal disease, found that many adults in the United States are not concerned about these respiratory diseases. As a result, many Americans do not plan […]