• Estimates based on interviews conducted October 2016 through June 2017 and reported vaccinations from July 2016 through May 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • Repealed by Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2017 (No 1) DI2017-116. (act.gov.au)
  • The Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020 (GVAP) ( 1 ), coverage estimates and trends as of 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • Indonesia (6%), Ethiopia (4%), the Democratic Republic of to reach and sustain high vaccination coverage to increase the Congo (3%), Iraq (3%), Angola (2%), Brazil (1%), and protection from vaccine-preventable diseases for all persons. (cdc.gov)
  • Data from the first reporting year after vaccine introduction (July 2006-June 2007), which is considered a transitional year with low vaccination coverage, were excluded from the analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 month after the third vaccination, 93% (n=139/149) to 100% (n=48/48) of vaccine recipients achieved protective hSBA titres equal to or greater than the lower limit of quantification to each test strain, compared with 0% (n=0/25) to 35% (n=8/23) of control recipients. (nih.gov)
  • While we could just chalk this one up to an old wives' tale, folklore, or memories of influenza vaccine manufacturing methods of the past, there are some valid reasons why the public connects vaccination to getting influenza. (nfid.org)
  • Guidance on influenza vaccine and egg allergies changed for the 2016-17 influenza season. (nfid.org)
  • The updated vaccination schedule now also includes the addition of the meningococcal B vaccine for some adolescents. (livescience.com)
  • Overall, personal barriers to vaccination included mistrust of manufacturers and administrators as well as fear of: becoming infected from the vaccine, discrimination/stigmatization from healthcare professionals administering the vaccine, exploitation/manipulation by the government or health authorities, and having personal information mishandled. (frontiersin.org)
  • According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the current rate of at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine among Latinos in Texas is 65%, as of April 4, 2022, which is somewhat higher than the 54% vaccination rate among non-Latino White Americans and markedly higher than the 48% vaccination rate among African Americans ( 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Given the high rate of occurrence of adverse effects that have been reported to date, as well as the potential for vaccine-driven disease enhancement, Th2-immunopathology, autoimmunity, and immune evasion, there is a need for a better understanding of the benefits and risks of mass vaccination, particularly in groups excluded from clinical trials. (researchgate.net)
  • If DSMBs and EACs do not exist, then vaccination should be halted immediately, in particular for demographic groups at highest risk of vaccine-associated death or serious adverse effects, during such time as it takes to assemble these boards and commence critical and independent assessments. (researchgate.net)
  • Major anti-vaccination voices and organizations have coalesced around three key messages to keep people from accepting the COVID-19 vaccine. (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
  • New research published Wednesday in the journal Vaccine revealed a key factor for what it takes to make an article about vaccines go viral: including a clear bottom-line message explaining the meaning of vaccination. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • Objectives While almost 60% of the world has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the global distribution of vaccination has not been equitable. (bmj.com)
  • Findings Globally, universal vaccination in LIC/LMIC with three doses of an mRNA vaccine would result in an estimated 1.5 million COVID-19 deaths averted with a total estimated cost of US$61 billion and an estimated cost-per-COVID-19 death averted of US$40 800 (sensitivity analysis range: US$7400-US$81 500). (bmj.com)
  • To address the urgent medical need during the 2014 to 2016 outbreak, the clinical development of the 2-dose vaccine regimen comprising of Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo was accelerated. (plos.org)
  • We conducted a randomised trial to assess the safety and the immunogenicity of the Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo vaccine regimen in 3 different vaccination intervals in healthy and HIV-infected adults. (plos.org)
  • Latin America and the Caribbean have an advantage of a long tradition of vaccination, success in the control of preventable diseases through vaccines and weak anti-vaccine movements. (thedialogue.org)
  • Perhaps the biggest problem is vaccination logistics-having cold rooms to store the Pfizer vaccine, transportation to vaccination centers and the ability of local authorities to administer vaccines in the shortest time possible. (thedialogue.org)
  • But now, researchers at the Influenza Center in Bergen have published an important study, which concludes that annual vaccination does not increase susceptibility to infection in years of vaccine mismatch. (rtmagazine.com)
  • These findings are important because they show that it is only positive to have annual vaccination, and it supports continuing the policy of repeated annual vaccine," says Professor Rebecca Cox, Head of the Influenza Centre. (rtmagazine.com)
  • Although since the 1970's public health officials have recommended influenza vaccinations for pregnant women in the second or third trimester, 2 relatively few obstetricians promoted the vaccine until the past decade when, in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) strengthened recommendations that all pregnant women, healthy or not, should get a flu shot in any trimester. (nvic.org)
  • One-fourth (24.6%) and one-fifth are of the opinion that frequent vaccination will make the vaccine ineffective and overload immune system, respectively. (who.int)
  • Data on seasonal influenza vaccination policies and coverage (2008/2009-2014/2015) was collected by VENICE (Vaccine European New Integrated Collaboration Effort) through the National Gatekeepers and Contact Points in the EU/EEA Member States ( http://venice.cineca.org/ ) and supported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). (who.int)
  • Since data on influenza vaccine recommendations were not collected for the EU/EEA countries in the 2008/2009 and 2013/2014 seasons, information from the 2007/2008 and 2012/2013 seasons were used as a proxy for vaccination policies in 2008/2009 and 2013/2014 respectively for these countries. (who.int)
  • No data (ND) can mean (1) Data on vaccine policies not reported or not known (2) data on vaccination coverage not reported, (3) vaccination coverage not monitored. (who.int)
  • Screening of priority populations for vaccination and most affected groups of people by hospitalizations related to vaccine-preventable diseases was highlighted. (bvsalud.org)
  • We conducted a mixed methods project that used online surveys and focus groups with 64 Community Health Workers and Promotor/as (CHW/Ps) located near the U.S.-Mexico border to identify barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination among Latino communities that have been historically underrepresented and medically underserved. (frontiersin.org)
  • Pneumococcal vaccination levels increased in all states except three. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1995, pneumococcal vaccination levels were greater than or equal to 40% in 12 states, compared with one state in 1993. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective To determine whether any association exists between exposure to 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza vaccination during pregnancy and negative health outcomes in early childhood. (bmj.com)
  • We used high-throughput B cell receptor sequencing of plasma cells produced following AS03-adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted 2009 pandemic H1N1 vaccination, as well as pre-pandemic seasonal influenza vaccination to elucidate the effect of the adjuvant on the humoral immune response. (nature.com)
  • For pandemic influenza vaccination, this suggests that the adjuvant could improve B cell responses by either increasing activation of naïve B cells, or by increasing the activation and adaptation of pre-existing memory B cells generated through infection or immunization with seasonal influenza from earlier years to become specific towards the pandemic strain 11 . (nature.com)
  • Our objective was to evaluate the association between 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic vaccination during pregnancy and rates of infant influenza and pneumonia. (ices.on.ca)
  • An important way to control and end the COVID-19 pandemic is vaccination ( 7 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Sports stadiums, malls, and amusement parks are taking on a new role amid the COVID-19 pandemic - they're transforming into mass vaccination sites to help in states' efforts to distribute the life-saving coronavirus vaccines to as many people as possible. (businessinsider.com)
  • Changes in on-time vaccination following the introduction of an electronic immunization registry, Tanzania 2016-2018: interrupted time-series analysis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although more evidence is needed on their impact and effectiveness , the use of DHIs among immunization programs has become more widespread and shows promise for improving vaccination uptake and adherence to immunization schedules . (bvsalud.org)
  • Our aim was to assess the impact of an electronic immunization registry (EIR) using an interrupted time -series analysis to analyze the effect on proportion of on- time vaccinations following introduction of an EIR in Tanzania . (bvsalud.org)
  • Vaccination schedules for children and teens are approved annually by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (livescience.com)
  • The U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends influenza vaccination for all health care personnel, including MHS staff, to protect both themselves and their patients. (health.mil)
  • Burdened with limited demand and inefficient vaccination services, the recently devolved Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) faces multiple hurdles in increasing immunization volumes, improving the quality of services and ensuring timely vaccination. (who.int)
  • However, there is dearth of information on knowledge, attitude and perception of mothers of under-five towards vaccination during supplementary immunization activities. (who.int)
  • Immunization is one of the most effective public health vaccination coverage in Nigeria has shown an upward interventions available, which involves conferring shift over the past 10 years. (who.int)
  • The resolution in 1988 to five towards the vaccination during supplementary immunization eradicate polio globally led to the development of campaign between 2019 and 2021. (who.int)
  • As of 2015/2016, data has been collected for all Member States by the WHO Regional Office for Europe through the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form (JRF), which is completed yearly by the national immunization managers. (who.int)
  • Results Of 104 249 live births, 31 295 (30%) were exposed to pH1N1 influenza vaccination in utero. (bmj.com)
  • Latin America and the Caribbean can be very successful given that the region has the practical and logistical knowledge of solid national vaccination programs. (thedialogue.org)
  • For example, the Family Research Council opposes mandatory vaccination against HPV, a virus that causes various cancers: "Our primary concern is with the message that would be delivered to nine- to twelve-year-olds with the administration of the vaccines. (wikipedia.org)
  • Among the mass vaccination sites where people have begun receiving the vaccines, which were approved in mid-December, are Disneyland resort, a New Jersey Mall, and Gillette Stadium. (businessinsider.com)
  • It was surprising to see the difference in the vaccination coverage for vaccines that are recommended for all adults with diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • Data on seasonal influenza vaccination policies and coverage (2008/2009-2014/2015) in the non-EU/EEA Member States was collected by the WHO Regional Office for Europe through a survey in 2015. (who.int)
  • DTX-mediated Treg depletion is transient, dose-dependent, and leads to strong anti-tumor immunity and complete tumor regression at high doses, while enhancing the efficacy of tumor-specific vaccination at low doses. (nih.gov)
  • In February 2016, RCM-MP was pilot tested during a measles-rubella vaccination campaign in Nepal. (cdc.gov)
  • Achieving measles and rubella elimination worldwide will be an important milestone in public health, and every effort toward elimination, including vaccination campaigns, should be of high quality and improved with innovations. (cdc.gov)
  • As part of Nepal's continuing progress toward measles elimination ( 5 ), a nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign directed at children aged 9-59 months was implemented in four phases § during September 2015-March 2016 in all 75 districts of Nepal, which are administratively divided into village development committees (VDCs) and further divided into VDC wards. (cdc.gov)
  • Hampton points to the case of measles as an indication the anti-vaccination movement is having an impact on the spread of diseases that at one time were under control . (cbc.ca)
  • Before the measles vaccination was introduced in 1963, the virus killed about 2.6 million people a year. (cbc.ca)
  • The results of this study on news articles posted during the Disneyland measles outbreak suggest that anecdotes or stories may not be necessary for an article to go viral if the article clearly explains the bottom line, or gist, of vaccination. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • In order to understand what makes an article on vaccinations go viral, researchers analyzed more than 4,000 news articles that mentioned vaccinations during the Disneyland measles outbreak in 2014-15 that sickened 147 people in the U.S. to assess what made them most likely to be shared on Facebook. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • the basic vaccinations declined from 29 to 19% during diseases including measles, pertussis, diphtheria, polio, the same period. (who.int)
  • The Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2016 (No 3) has been made and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001. (act.gov.au)
  • Miranda Wilheim, PharmD, clinical associate professor at SIUE School of Pharmacy, outlines the current role of pharmacists in vaccinations. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • I got the vaccination and I still got shingles. (blogspot.com)
  • We examined vaccination coverage for influenza, pneumococcal, hepatitis B and shingles among adults with diagnosed diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • We also examined vaccination coverage for shingles among adults aged 60 and over, and those who were aged 75 and over were likely to have been vaccinated than those aged 60-74. (cdc.gov)
  • Non-Hispanic Asian adults were more likely than non-Hispanic black and Hispanic adults to have been vaccinated for influenza, but these groups did not differ from one another on pneumococcal and shingles vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • Some conservative Christian groups in the United States oppose mandatory vaccination for diseases typically spread via sexual contact, arguing that the possibility of disease deters risky sexual contact[citation needed]. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is the only conception of the state for which the mandatory vaccination debate is possible. (fee.org)
  • How does mandatory vaccination fare in this framework, where we're not arguing in terms of qualitative principles but instead performing a quantitative cost-benefit test? (fee.org)
  • Vaccination During Pregnancy: Is It Safe? (nvic.org)
  • Among them are whether or not to get vaccinations during pregnancy that public health officials, obstetricians and pediatricians say will protect pregnant women and their newborns from getting sick with influenza and B. pertussis whooping cough. (nvic.org)
  • With these recommendations, the time-honored rule of avoiding any potential toxic exposure that might interfere with the normal development of the fetus has been suspended and replaced with an assumption that vaccination during pregnancy is safe. (nvic.org)
  • EIRs have the potential to improve vaccination timeliness, but analyses using EIR data can be complicated by data quality issues and inconsistent data entry leading to difficulties interpreting findings. (bvsalud.org)
  • Globally, 116.5 million children received DTP3 in 2016 and regional coverage as of 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • To evaluate the long-term impact of rotavirus vaccination on disease prevalence and seasonality in the United States, CDC analyzed national laboratory testing data for rotavirus from laboratories participating in CDC's National Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Surveillance System (NREVSS) during the prevaccine (2000-2006) and postvaccine (2007-2018) periods. (cdc.gov)
  • Vaccination is required to generate high potency immune responses to protect against these and other emergent variants. (nature.com)
  • Increasing the interval between vaccinations from 28 to 56 days improved the magnitude of humoral immune responses. (plos.org)
  • the highest humoral responses were observed after vaccination with 56-day and 84-day intervals. (plos.org)
  • The EPI requires multi-pronged, multi-level, coordinated interventions to improve programme functioning and to enhance vaccination uptake at community level. (who.int)
  • Classically, travel medicine focused on individuals traveling to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with prevention and treatment of malaria, traveler's diarrhea, cholera, and hepatitis and general vaccinations as its primary goal. (medscape.com)
  • Influenza vaccination is an essential tool along with other valuable prevention tools-hand and respiratory hygiene, cough etiquette, and social distancing when we're feeling ill. (nfid.org)
  • This report describes pilot testing of RCM using mobile phones (RCM-MP) during the second phase of an SIA in Nepal in 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • This report describes the receipt of select vaccinations among adults with diagnosed diabetes by sex, age, race and ethnicity, and poverty status. (cdc.gov)
  • This structured review describes challenges in the achievement of vaccination targets and identifies arenas for policy and programmatic interventions and future research. (who.int)
  • Conclusions Scaling up COVID-19 global vaccination would avert millions of COVID-19 deaths and represents a reasonable investment in the context of the value of a statistical life. (bmj.com)
  • Given the magnitude of expected mortality facing LIC/LMIC without vaccination, this effort should be an urgent priority. (bmj.com)
  • One way for improving the quality of vaccination campaigns is to optimize the use of mobile phones for monitoring campaign implementation, with faster data transmission, analysis, decision-making, and increased accountability among levels of the health system. (cdc.gov)
  • Reduction in hospital admissions for pneumonia in non-institutionalised elderly people as a result of influenza vaccination: a case-control study in Spain. (bmj.com)
  • Respondents were asked, 'Have you ever had a pneumonia vaccination? (cdc.gov)
  • The New York Mets' Citi Field Stadium will transform into a "mega" vaccination site, providing between 5,000 and 7,000 shots per day, by the end of January. (businessinsider.com)
  • This suggests that it may no longer be necessary to administer tetanus booster vaccinations every 10 years. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • A weak association was observed between prenatal pH1N1 vaccination and increased risk of asthma (adjusted hazard ratio 1.05, 95% confidence interval 1.02 to 1.09) and decreased rates of gastrointestinal infections (adjusted incidence rate ratio 0.94, 0.91 to 0.98). (bmj.com)
  • Du fait d'une faible demande et de l'inefficacité des services de vaccination, le Programme élargi de vaccination (PEV), récemment décentralisé, est confronté à de multiples obstacles dans sa démarche d'augmentation des vaccinations, d'amélioration de la qualité des services et d'administration de vaccins en temps voulu. (who.int)
  • She said it's alarming how much the anti-vaccination movement has derailed efforts to eradicate certain diseases. (cbc.ca)
  • Additionally, a lack of rigorous scientific enquiry on vaccination services limits the introduction of well-developed, responsive interventions. (who.int)
  • A subset of healthy adults received booster vaccination with Ad26.ZEBOV or saline at Day 365. (plos.org)
  • Ad26.ZEBOV booster vaccination after 1 year induced an anamnestic response. (plos.org)
  • Antibody levels persisted to at least 1 year, and Ad26.ZEBOV booster vaccination demonstrated the presence of vaccination-induced immune memory. (plos.org)
  • The study was amended to evaluate safety and immunogenicity of a booster vaccination with Ad26.ZEBOV, administered approximately 1 year after the first vaccination, in healthy adults. (plos.org)
  • Ongoing efforts to improve coverage and on-time vaccination can help maximize the public health impact of rotavirus vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • [ 3 ] Although COVID-19 related vaccination and travel requirements remain in a dynamic state, studies suggest only a small number of travelers seek appropriate pre-travel health advice. (medscape.com)
  • Year after year we've seen a steady increase in the number of students with a conscientious exemption from vaccination in Texas," said Christine Mann, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services. (wgbh.org)
  • Even though statewide levels of vaccinations remain high, at over 98 percent, what concerns public health officials are the growing geographic clusters of geographic areas with high rates of unvaccinated children. (wgbh.org)
  • Despite calls for caution, the risks of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination have been minimized or ignored by health organizations and government authorities. (researchgate.net)
  • In a time when there is renewed discussion on the safety of vaccinations, Broniatowski and his co-authors say this has direct implications for how reporters, doctors and public health officials communicate to patients and the public. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • Health, Nutrition and Population Strategic Investment Plan (HNPSIP) 2016-2021. (who.int)
  • Questions for Maria A. Villarroel, Ph.D., Health Statistician and Lead Author on " Vaccination Coverage Among Adults With Diagnosed Diabetes: United States, 2015 . (cdc.gov)
  • A national health objective for 2000 is to increase pneumococcal and influenza vaccination levels to greater than or equal to 60% for persons at high risk for complications from pneumococcal disease and influenza, including those aged greater than or equal to 65 years (objective 20.11) (4). (cdc.gov)
  • Most schools require certain vaccinations before enrollment to ensure the health of all students. (medscape.com)
  • Low vaccinal coverage and migration with The maintenance of high uncontrolled health surveillance of the vaccination coverage and the identification borders contributed towards the of susceptible individuals are a challenge dissemination of the disease5. (bvsalud.org)
  • When vaccination was introduced into UK public policy, and adoption followed overseas, there was opposition from trade unionists and others, including sectarian ministers and those interested in self-help and alternative medicines like homeopathy. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the other side of the ledger, even in principle, mandatory vaccinations do not offer much benefit in enhanced public welfare, relative to a free society. (fee.org)
  • Design We used economic and epidemiological models, parameterised with public data on global vaccination and COVID-19 deaths, to estimate the potential benefits of scaling up vaccination programmes in LICs and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2022 in the context of global spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV2. (bmj.com)
  • We investigated safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the heterologous 2-dose Ebola vaccination regimen in healthy and HIV-infected adults with different intervals between Ebola vaccinations. (plos.org)
  • Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo vaccination was well tolerated and immunogenic in healthy and HIV-infected African adults. (plos.org)
  • Overall, which vaccinations were more prevalent for adults with diagnosed diabetes? (cdc.gov)
  • Among adults aged 18 and over with diagnosed diabetes, influenza vaccination (61.6%) was more prevalent than pneumococcal (52.6%) and hepatitis B (17.1%) vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • How did the vaccination rates for adults with diagnosed diabetes vary by age? (cdc.gov)
  • We compared vaccination coverage for influenza, pneumococcal and hepatitis B among adults diagnosed with diabetes who were aged 18-44, 45-59, 60-74 and 75 and over. (cdc.gov)
  • We compared vaccination coverage among adults with diagnosed diabetes who were Hispanic, Non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black and Non-Hispanic Asian. (cdc.gov)
  • The dropout rate (the all regions, DTP3 coverage has remained stable or increased proportion of children who started but did not complete a during 2015-2016. (cdc.gov)
  • During vaccination coverage surveys, a representative sample of households is visited, and caregivers of children in a of 90% national MCV1 coverage ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Why did you decide to look at vaccination coverage with diagnosed diabetes? (cdc.gov)
  • Vaccination coverage was not the same across age groups. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition to differences by age and race and ethnicity, we observed wide differences in vaccination coverage by income status. (cdc.gov)
  • Coverage is labelled "not applicable" in the case that vaccination is not recommended (i.e. there is no monitoring of vaccination coverage). (who.int)
  • Hence data on vaccination coverage may not be directly comparable between countries and national trends should be interpreted with caution. (who.int)
  • Which countries are best prepared for extensive inoculation, and what do you foresee as a realistic schedule for widespread and effective vaccination in the region? (thedialogue.org)
  • For our primary analysis , we observed a decrease in the proportion of on- time vaccinations following EIR introduction. (bvsalud.org)
  • It should be noted that definition of target groups recommended for influenza vaccination varies by Member State and that definitions may have changed over time. (who.int)
  • The latest state data show 95% of 12- to 15-year-olds in Cambridge are partially vaccinated (which is higher than the state vaccination rate for that age range) and 56% of 16- to 19-year-olds in Cambridge are at least partially vaccinated (which the city reports is 16% lower than the statewide rate for that age group). (wbur.org)
  • Percentage of vaccinated children who received their vaccination at this place. (cdc.gov)
  • Children with missing place of vaccination are excluded from the denominator. (cdc.gov)
  • The application of this technology resulted in 87% timeliness and 94% completeness of monitoring data reporting and found that, although 95% of children were vaccinated, 42% of areas required corrective vaccination activities. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of RCM is to find unvaccinated children and to identify reasons for nonvaccination in areas with persons at high risk, to enable immediate implementation of corrective actions (e.g., reassigning teams to poorly vaccinated areas, modifying the timing of vaccination, or conducting mop-up vaccination activities). (cdc.gov)
  • DTP or tetanus vaccination increases the risk of allergies and related respiratory symptoms in children and adolescents. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • In addition to preparing school supplies, parents are responsible for making sure their children are up-to-date on their vaccinations. (medscape.com)
  • But this rationale neglects one of the major reasons influenza vaccination is recommended universally-because low-risk individuals can be very effective vectors, passing the virus on to high-risk individuals, some of whom either cannot be vaccinated or who do not mount a strong immune response. (nfid.org)
  • Background - Infants are at high risk for influenza illness, but are ineligible for vaccination before 6 months. (ices.on.ca)
  • Greer notes the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association - which regulates high school sports in the state - is also recommending vaccinations for student-athletes. (wbur.org)
  • Other Christians have supported vaccinations and mask wearing in the wake of COVID-19 to stop the spread of the disease, even using scripture to support the position. (wikipedia.org)
  • Vaccination for influenza and pneumococcal disease increased with age. (cdc.gov)