Hacker News with Generative AI: Vaccination

US to limit Covid boosters to over-65s or those at high risk (yahoo.com)
The United States will restrict routine Covid-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at higher risk of serious illness, while requiring new placebo-controlled trials to justify vaccination in healthy individuals under that age, senior officials said Tuesday.
Health, COVID-19, Public Health, Policy, Vaccination
8 points by sundaeofshock 3 days ago | 0 comments
Yearly Covid shots will no longer be approved for healthy adults and children (pbs.org)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
Public Health, COVID-19, Policy, Vaccination
22 points by geox 3 days ago | 5 comments
World may be 'post-herd immunity' to measles, top US scientist says (theguardian.com)
A leading immunologist warned of a “post-herd-immunity world”, as measles outbreaks affect communities with low vaccination rates in the American south-west, Mexico and Canada.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, Herd Immunity
8 points by c420 20 days ago | 4 comments
Social networks found ineffective at mobilizing vaccination uptake (medicalxpress.com)
The persuasive power of social networks is immense, but not limitless, according to Cornell research published in the journal Health Economics. "Social Connections and COVID-19 Vaccination" showed that vaccine preferences, based on the COVID experience in the United States, proved quite insensitive to persuasion, even through friendship networks.
Social Media, Public Health, Vaccination, Research, COVID-19
6 points by PaulHoule 21 days ago | 0 comments
Seasonal Covid shots may no longer be possible under Trump admin (arstechnica.com)
Under President Trump, the Food and Drug Administration may no longer approve seasonal COVID-19 vaccines updated for the virus variants circulating that year, according to recent statements by Trump administration officials.
Health, Politics, COVID-19, Vaccination
19 points by throw0101b 24 days ago | 0 comments
Ontario schools begin suspending students who aren't fully vaccinated (cbc.ca)
Ontario, Education, Vaccination, COVID-19, Public Health
20 points by amichail 44 days ago | 0 comments
Vaccination is not a "personal choice" (weaponizedspaces.substack.com)
Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reportedly buried a report last week — produced by their own experts — warning that the risk of measles is higher in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lower.
Public Health, Vaccination, Measles, CDC
8 points by rbanffy 46 days ago | 10 comments
Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr (apnews.com)
The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations.
Health, Vaccination, Politics, FDA, Misinformation
10 points by almog 53 days ago | 0 comments
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations (propublica.org)
Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, CDC
35 points by rntn 55 days ago | 2 comments
Texas is poised to make measles a nationwide epidemic (texastribune.org)
With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts.
Public Health, Measles, Texas, Vaccination
11 points by geox 60 days ago | 1 comments
Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated counties (arstechnica.com)
Measles has arrived in Kansas and is spreading swiftly in communities with very low vaccination rates. Since last week, the state has tallied 10 cases across three counties with more pending.
Public Health, Disease, Kansas, Vaccination
13 points by rntn 62 days ago | 1 comments
HHS Secretary: It Would Be Better If 'Everybody Got Measles' (thedailybeast.com)
“The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, Misinformation
27 points by purple_ferret 72 days ago | 18 comments
Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a 'top priority' (theguardian.com)
Two days after initially downplaying the outbreak as “not unusual,” the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the ongoing measles epidemic in Texas – in which a child died recently – and said the government is providing resources, including protective vaccines.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, Politics
24 points by geox 83 days ago | 4 comments
Immune markers of post COVID vaccination syndrome indicate future research (news.yale.edu)
Immune System, COVID-19, Vaccination, Medical Research
30 points by cempaka 89 days ago | 24 comments
Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says (apnews.com)
The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state’s top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.
Public Health, Louisiana, COVID-19, Vaccination
72 points by petethomas 98 days ago | 42 comments
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas' least vaccinated counties (arstechnica.com)
Health officials in Texas are battling a growing measles outbreak in an area that has some of the state's lowest vaccination rates and highest non-medical exemptions.
Health, Public Health, Texas, Vaccination, Measles
11 points by smy20011 104 days ago | 8 comments
60% of Americans say they probably won't get an updated Covid-19 vaccine (pewresearch.org)
Six-in-ten Americans say they will probably not get an updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according to an October Pew Research Center survey.
Public Health, COVID-19, Vaccination, Surveys
29 points by hn_acker 185 days ago | 24 comments
Extinction of the Influenza B Yamagata line during the Covid pandemic (2022) (nlm.nih.gov)
Vaccination remains the most effective way to mitigate the enormous burden of influenza on the health care system.
Influenza, Pandemic, Public Health, Vaccination
62 points by JumpCrisscross 214 days ago | 23 comments
US vaccinations fall again as more parents refuse lifesaving shots for kids (arstechnica.com)
US becomes more vulnerable to outbreaks at vaccination rates fall into 92 percent range.
Health, Vaccination, Public Health, United States, Children
15 points by rbanffy 217 days ago | 21 comments
Myocarditis complications more common after Covid infection than vaccination (cidrap.umn.edu)
Myocarditis, Covid-19, Vaccination, Health, Medicine
47 points by ripjaygn 270 days ago | 10 comments