#vaccination

• Should You Get the Shingles Vaccine at 50 — Or Wait?
  2026-02-26

  A practical timing strategy for healthy adults deciding when to get the shingles vaccine.

  Tags: opinion, analysis, vaccination, aging
• “Take the vaccine, please”: Measles outbreaks test U.S. public health again
  2026-02-10

  As measles cases rise across multiple states, even officials critical of past vaccine policy are drawing a clear line: measles vaccination matters.

  Tags: measles, vaccination, public health, infectious disease
• Is Denmark the Gold Standard for Childhood Vaccination? A Science-First Reality Check
  2025-12-23

  Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule is often cited as a model for doing ‘less’. But science doesn’t work by copy-paste. Here’s what evidence actually says about vaccine schedules, risk, and public health tradeoffs.

  Tags: vaccination, public health, evidence-based medicine, policy, child health
• The U.S. Just Blinked on Hep B — While the Rest of the World Didn’t
  2025-12-17

  The CDC stepped back from universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth. Globally, most countries haven’t. Here’s what that means in context.

  Tags: vaccination, hepatitis b, public health, policy, immunisation
• Did the CDC Just Blink? Rethinking the Hepatitis B Birth Dose
  2025-12-10

  The US is stepping back from the Hep B birth dose. Is it smart policy—or a political retreat?

  Tags: opinion, analysis, vaccination, public-health
• Measles in the U.S. hits a 30-year high
  2025-10-28

  The CDC has confirmed over 1,600 measles cases across 42 U.S. jurisdictions — the highest total since the early 1990s.

  Tags: opinion, analysis, public health, vaccination
• RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Targets the MMR Combo Shot
  2025-09-19

  The reconstituted ACIP has voted to stop recommending the combined MMRV vaccine for young children. Here’s what’s changing, why, and what parents should know.

  Tags: opinion, analysis, vaccination, politics, mmr
• Hepatitis B Vaccine Under Threat: A Public Health Win at Risk
  2025-09-17

  The hepatitis B vaccine wiped out childhood liver cancer in places like Alaska and Taiwan. Now anti-vaccine politics threatens to undo that progress.

  Tags: public health, vaccination, hepatitis B, policy, opinion
• COVID-19 Vaccination Guidelines in Australia (2025)
  2025-08-21

  ATAGI's 2025 recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines for children and adults in Australia, and how they diverge from U.S. pediatric guidance.

  Tags: COVID-19, Australia, Vaccination, ATAGI, Pediatrics, Public Health