immunizations

Florida, like other states, has declining immunization rates among kindergartners. As classes resume, health care providers are urging parents to protect their children against potentially fatal diseases.

New data from the World Health Organization and UNICEF show that the number of children getting vaccinated is rebounding globally.

Most of Florida’s county school districts did not meet a health department goal of 95% of kindergarten students receiving all doses of all vaccines required for school entry, according to the data. Required shots for seventh-graders are also down.

Immunizations are down significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a report. Meantime, there were about 9 million measles infections and 128,000 deaths worldwide last year.

The pandemic caused some kids to fall behind on routine immunizations, and Florida has some of the lowest child COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.

Across the state, rates for the vaccines required for children to enter classrooms and child care are down. That could be a problem for families that opted to wait because of COVID-19.

Florida health officials are reminding parents and caretakers they can get kids’ back-to-school vaccines with no out-of-pocket costs — with or without...

The goal is to reach 90 percent of children with the DTP vaccination — a child's first scheduled immunization. Some countries are barely at 50 percent.

Bay County health officials are offering a two week immunization clinic ahead of students returning to school.

In a world increasingly dominated by social media and cell phones, sometimes a simple letter home can make a difference when it comes to making sure...