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COVID-19 hospitalization in preschool children

A U.S. preschool cohort study found that 88.4% of hospitalized children were unvaccinated, highlighting the importance of vaccination in this age group.

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Jan 28, 2026

vaccines

remain one of the most consequential public-health tools, credited with preventing serious disease across age groups and endorsed in schedules maintained by federal health agencies . Recent U.S. polic...

Jan 28, 2026

what has been the outcome of cutting childhood vaccines?

Cutting recommended childhood vaccines or narrowing who should routinely receive them has immediate and predictable effects: lower population coverage, increased inequities in who gets protected, and ...