2 weeks ago - Moll and his colleagues have treated about 50 measles patients since the outbreak started in early October, something never seen before at their South Carolina clinics. They fear that outbreaks like these are becoming the new normal as Americans’ opposition to vaccines deepens, fueled by backlash to the COVID-19 response and misinformation on social media.

The medical profession should stop putting all blame for vaccine hesitancy on a misinformed public, and instead should examine its own contributions to vaccine hesitancy. I am double vaccinated. There are a number of topics that illustrate the unhelpful attitudes and unscientific statements of doctors and public health officials during the pandemic. These are reviewed below. ... Ivermectin for COVID-19 has been attacked aggressively in the courts, the media and the medical literature as being ineffective.

June 28, 2024 - A paper published last July by ... cent of black African backgrounds expressed hesitancy to vaccination compared to just 21 per cent of those from white British backgrounds....

December 19, 2025 - A prediction from then-President Joe Biden and his top medical advisors that never materialized. Vaccine passports were necessary to stop the virus from spreading in major cities. Vaccine mandates were necessary for the "safety" of corporations, businesses and employees. On and on it went. It's been almost exactly five years since COVID vaccines hit the market, and thanks to a new administration, the efforts to push COVID vaccines on everyone have diminished.

October 27, 2025 - Updated COVID-19 vaccines are still providing effective protection against infection, emergency department visits, hospitalization and death, according to new research published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Consistent messaging from state, local and federal public health officials has helped (alongside the tightening of laws that had previously allowed wide ranging exemptions from child vaccines in some states), as has the medical community's efforts to communicate the benefits of vaccines. Yet trust in the medical profession has declined over the past fifty years, such that in 2014 only 38% of respondents to the General Social Survey reported having high levels of confidence in medicine, down from over 60% in 1975, albeit still higher than confidence in other US institutions such as Congress, organized religion, or banks (Zheng, 2015; N.O.R.C, 2015).

2 weeks ago - Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, the Department of Health and Human Services has unilaterally removed six shots from the childhood vaccination schedule, canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in grants for mRNA shots, and fired and replaced a key immunization advisory board. ... Savings start at 25%! ... To read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+. Subscribe ... Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients.

3 weeks ago - The majority of the paused databases—87 percent—pertained to vaccines, such as monthly vaccination rates for COVID, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza.

At least one hospital had to pause maternity services after dozens of staffers quit rather than get the COVID-19 vaccine. Nurses and other staff are also quitting their jobs due to burnout, COVID-19 safety concerns, and other reasons. However, according to John Brownstein, an Epidemiologist and Professor at Harvard Medical School, “while overall the number of health care workers being terminated or suspended [for refusing to get vaccinated] is not huge, at the same time we cannot afford to lose anybody at this point.”

Most articles (81.9%) argued for ... for treatment refusal (13.3%). The most common reasons given for an obligation to treat were professionalism (55.5%), the social contract (45.3%), and the law (20.3%)....

December 16, 2020 - Seventy-six percent of the vaccine-hesitant healthcare workers cited the “fast-tracked vaccine development” as a primary reason for their concerns. Typically, vaccines take between eight to 10 years to develop, Dr.

5 days ago - Across the country, doctors lining up in droves to roll up their sleeves, with many physicians running the same gauntlet as their patients in an effort to be vaccinated.These same doctors are concerned that media reports emphasizing low vaccine rates may have a negative impact on patients and want to make it clear: doctors are overwhelmingly accepting of COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their family members.

The research also revealed how COVID-19 vaccines have been politicized: holding trust in officials and other factors constant, Republicans and Independents were far less likely to ultimately choose to be vaccinated or seek booster shots than Democrats. The researchers conclude that engaging the medical profession in communicating the benefits of vaccines will be needed in future pandemics.

By providing critical care to those who are or might be infected with the virus, health professionals have a high risk of being exposed to and getting sick with COVID-19. Early vaccine access is critical to ensuring the health and safety of this essential workforce, protecting not only them but also their patients, families, communities, and the broader health of countries.

December 18, 2025 - When asked about requirements for ... should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 (Figure 4). ... *Percent of health care personnel who agreed with each attitude statement among respondents....

Findings showed that 1594 healthcare professionals responded and 74% of them were aged less than 45 years. Almost 65% of the respondents were registered nurses and 68.4% of them were married. A total of 94.9% of the participants heard about the COVID-19 vaccine, but only 56.5% of them had had ...

September 5, 2023 - Aim and Objectives This systematic review aims to examine healthcare professionals' attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine and related factors. Background Healthcare workers have priority among ris...

January 28, 2023 - By visiting the departments, the researcher of the study reached people who had never been vaccinated against COVID-19. Participants consisted of medical doctors (physicians), nurses, and other health professionals (such as security guards, data loggers, secretaries, cleaning staff, physiotherapists) (Table 1).

March 28, 2025 - Nearly 82% of the 1207 HCP surveyed had received a COVID-19 booster, most commonly pediatricians (94%), followed by family medicine doctors (87%), pharmacists (74%), and nurses (73%) (p < 0.01).

April 5, 2022 - The mean age of those who did not ... COVID-19 vaccination (p = 0.001), while the majority of supporters were physicians (n = 39, 53.4%) and other Non-medical professionals (n = 27, 43.6%) (p = 0.002) (Table 1...