"For as long as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has falsely claimed that vaccines cause widespread harm — from autism to sudden death — he has pointed to the one source he says could immediately prove it...Now, it appears that anti-vaccine activists are similarly girding for the possibility that Kennedy’s promises may fall short — and they’re already laying the groundwork for someone to blame."
#PublicHealth #vaccines #vaccinations #immunization #misinformation
Sudan: Millions of infants at risk as war slows immunization efforts http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKTy0R #Sudan #HealthCrisis #ChildHealth #Immunization #EpidemicAwareness
Africa: Liberian Parliamentarians Joined MPs From Africa and Asia to Sign the Istanbul Call to Action for Immunization Financing: [FrontPageAfrica] Istanbul -- In the heart of Istanbul, a powerful alliance emerged last week as 21 Members of Parliament (MPs) from across Africa and Asia gathered with a shared mission: to champion sustainable immunization financing in their countries. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKTvv9 #Immunization #HealthFinancing #PublicHealth #Africa #Asia
Africa: From Covid to Cancer - Why Canada's Rna Vaccine Leadership Matters More Than Ever: [The Conversation Africa] As the world marks World Immunization Week, attention turns once again to the lifesaving power of vaccines. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKTf9X #Vaccines #Immunization #PublicHealth #Africa #COVID19
“memory B cells migrate to the outer layer of the local lymph node where they interact closely with the macrophages that reside there. When a booster was given in the same location, these 'primed' macrophages …captured the antigen and activated the memory B cells”
#Science #Vaccines #Immunization
https://www.garvan.org.au/news-resources/news/left-or-right-arm-new-research-reveals-why-vaccination-site-matters-for-immune-response
#Trump #HHS Secy #RFKJr intends to shift the way #vaccines are tested, a move that the agency said will increase *transparency* but that #medical experts fear could limit #access to vaccines & undermine the public’s trust in #immunization depending on its implementation.
Now, all new vaccines must undergo placebo testing, a procedure in which some people receive the vaccine & others receive an inert substance before the results are compared.
#PublicHealth #eugenics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/30/rfk-jr-vaccine-testing/
#TopicOfTheDay: The History of #Vaccines
For centuries, humans have looked for ways to protect each other against deadly diseases.
From experiments and taking chances to a global vaccine roll-out in the midst of an unprecedented #Pandemic, #Immunization has a long history.
https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/a-brief-history-of-vaccination
Africa: Increases in Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Threaten Years of Progress, Warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi: [WHO] Geneva/New York -- Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, warn WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunization Week, 24-30 April. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKMk6j #Vaccination #Immunization #PublicHealth #WHO #UNICEF
Africa: Increases in Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Threaten Years of Progress, Warn WHO, Unicef, Gavi: [GAVI] Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKLb6z #Immunization #VaccineForAll #PublicHealth #WHO #Unicef
Immunization at risk: Global health leaders urge action amid rising disease outbreaks http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKLSN6 #Immunization #PublicHealth #VaccinesWork #WorldImmunizationWeek #HealthForAll
#30DayChartChallenge Día 24: ¡Usando datos de la @WHO! 🌐 Hoy comparamos la cobertura de vacunación DTP3 (% niños 1 año) entre países agrupados por nivel de ingresos (Banco Mundial, 2000-2022). #TimeseriesWeek #SocialData #GlobalHealth
El gráfico muestra:
✅ ¡Gran mejora en todos los grupos hasta ~2019!
⚠️ ¡Pero una brecha enorme persiste! Los países de ingresos altos (amarillo 🟡) cerca del objetivo 95% (línea rosa).
📉 Los países de ingresos bajos (azul índigo 🔵), aunque mejoraron mucho desde el 2000, se quedaron sobre el 70% y sufrieron un retroceso post-pandemia.
Un reflejo claro de la #EquidadEnSalud (o la falta de ella) a nivel global. ¡El acceso a vacunas básicas no es igual para todos!
🛠 #rstats #ggplot2 #data_table | Data: WHO GHO | Theme: #theme_week4_social
📂 Código/Viz: https://t.ly/fRi1m
#Day24 #WHO #dataviz #DataVisualization #Vaccination #Immunization #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #SDGs #ggplot2 #RStats #DataForGood
I am both sorry and surprised to hear this.
I thought one of the few good things about being #GenX was that we all had every #immunization and #vaccine that was available.
Why some vaccines are more effective when given with OTHER vaccines at the same time! Combinations can trigger a stronger immune response. https://www.the-scientist.com/why-are-some-vaccines-better-together-72923 #vaccination #publichealth #immunization #vaccines
#Congress created the #Vaccines for #Children program in 1993 after a US #measles #epidemic had killed dozens of children a few years earlier. The #CDC found
that >50% of the children who got measles then were unvaccinated. The #cost of the #immunization was a primary reason families had skipped the shot even though they were seeing doctors regularly….
#Trump #Musk #RFKJr #Aporophobia #HealthInequity #poverty #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #law #USpol
Vaccines are one of the greatest scientific success stories of our time. They have saved more than 154 million lives in the last 50 years — more than 1 life every 10 seconds.
Recent moves to strip funding from vaccine-related research are shortsighted and self-harming. As is the use of precious resources to revisit debunked claims of links to autism.
The best vaccine isn’t useful if it is not distributed, or not socially accepted. Vaccine equity and hesitancy remain great challenges. Globalizing antivaccine activism could become our greatest hurdle.
It is not time to defund, but rather invest in vaccines.
Read our latest editorial in #PLOSBiology: Vaccines work… and do not cause autism
#vaccines #vaccination #immunization #WorldImmunizationWeek #measles #outbreak #vaccinehesitancy
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003143
Vaccines are one of the greatest scientific success stories of our time. Vaccination has saved more than 154 million lives in the last 50 years — more than six lives every minute of every year.
Our technical ability to develop vaccines has outpaced our social, political, and financial systems for ensuring their use. Recent moves to strip funding from vaccine-related research are shortsighted and self-harming. As is the use of precious resources to revisit debunked claims of links to autism.
The best vaccine isn’t useful if it is not distributed, or not socially accepted. Vaccine equity and hesitancy remain great challenges. Globalizing antivaccine activism could become our greatest hurdle.
We should not allow misinformation, disinformation, ignorance and defunding to hinder vaccine development, deployment and use.
It is not time to defund, but rather invest in vaccines.
Read our latest editorial in @PLOSBiology: Vaccines work… and do not cause autism
#vaccines #vaccination #immunization #WorldImmunizationWeek #measles #outbreak #vaccinehesitancy
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003143
Ontario schools start suspending students with incomplete immunization
Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, and a first group of 173 students in Grade 11 will be suspended Tuesday.
#school #health #vaccination #Ontario #Toronto #Immunization
https://globalnews.ca/news/11123007/ontario-schools-suspending-incomplete-immunization-vaccinations/
Ontario schools start suspending students with incomplete immunization
Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, and a first group of 173 students in Grade 11 will be suspended Tuesday.
#school #health #vaccination #Ontario #Toronto #Immunization
https://globalnews.ca/news/11123007/ontario-schools-suspending-incomplete-immunization-vaccinations/
Ontario schools start suspending students with incomplete immunization
Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, and a first group of 173 students in Grade 11 will be suspended Tuesday.
#school #health #vaccination #Ontario #Toronto #Immunization
https://globalnews.ca/news/11123007/ontario-schools-suspending-incomplete-immunization-vaccinations/
Ontario schools start suspending students with incomplete immunization
Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, and a first group of 173 students in Grade 11 will be suspended Tuesday.
#school #health #vaccination #Ontario #Toronto #Immunization
https://globalnews.ca/news/11123007/ontario-schools-suspending-incomplete-immunization-vaccinations/
