This week, false claims about infant hepatitis B and COVID-19 vaccines circulated while regional debates about vaccine mandates and the summer COVID-19 surge persist....
Regionally, back-to-school vaccinations, declining immunization rates, and the Oregon measles outbreak dominated conversations....
This week, false claims about bird flu vaccines and inhaled COVID-19 vaccines spread online, as rising measles and COVID-19 cases raise regional concerns....
Conversations also spiked after former President Trump doubled down on his commitment to weakening school vaccine mandates....
This week, two presidential candidates promoted vaccine myths, adult chickenpox went viral, and school vaccines drew ire in the South....
In trending conversations this week, fearmongering about pediatric vaccine safety on the rise as measles outbreaks in the Northwest and Midwest sparked false claims....
On July 3, a Colorado dairy farm worker became the fourth person to contract H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. this year. The person only reported eye symptoms and has fully recovered after treatment. The CDC reported that the risk to humans remains low and that farm workers who...
Last week, a Tennessee woman who had been fired from Blue Cross Blue Shield for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine won a $700,000 settlement. Within a day, news of the settlement spread across multiple news outlets and social media platforms. Some social media users called the woman a...
Last week, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) announced that as of July 1, the state had 126 cases of whooping cough—more than double the number of cases last year—and recommended that residents stay up to date on whooping cough vaccines. WDHS shared its recommendations on social...
On June 24, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that does not allow religious exemptions for vaccine mandates in schools, colleges, and daycare facilities. The “health freedom” group that filed the lawsuit argued that the law violated parents’ religious freedom. Within a day, news of...
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