immunizations

Immunizations for toddlers still haven't returned to pre-pandemic levels. That raises the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks, like the recent measles outbreak in Ohio that sickened more than 80 kids and hospitalized more than 30. (None of those children were fully vaccinated.)

Besides making sure their kids' vaccinations are up to date, health experts recommend COVID and flu shots, which can be given at the same time.

At a media briefing on Monday hosted by the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, Michigan physicians said there has been a drop in immunization rates for diseases such as polio and measles since the COVID-19 pandemic began, particularly among children.

County health departments are in their usual August scramble to schedule meetings with parents who don't want to vaccinate their children.State law…

Chicken pox cases are up nearly 60% from this time last year, state health officials say.The majority of those 239 cases were people who hadn’t been…

Parents who've been judged to be "unfit" during child protection proceedings cannot prevent the vaccination of their children on religious grounds,…

Back-to-school events are taking place around Michigan this week.Thousands turned out at an event in Lansing today. Along with school supplies and back…

The clock is ticking for parents who waited to get their children vaccinated, or who haven't yet acquired a waiver from vaccines.A new state policy…

A new poll shows shifting views on the safety of childhood vaccines.The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's…