Pediatric vaccine adherence was improving before pandemic, but not for everyone

WASHINGTON — Vaccine adherence was increasing among children in the United States in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, but rates differed by socioeconomic status, researchers reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
The study assessed adherence to the combined seven-vaccine series, which includes shots against diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis; polio; measles, mumps and rubella; hepatitis B virus; Haemophilus influenzae type b; varicella; and pneumonia.
“In the U.S., we do a really good job of tracking vaccination coverage in early childhood,”

WASHINGTON — Vaccine adherence was increasing among children in the United States in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, but rates differed by socioeconomic status, researchers reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
The study assessed adherence to the combined seven-vaccine series, which includes shots against diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis; polio; measles, mumps and rubella; hepatitis B virus; Haemophilus influenzae type b; varicella; and pneumonia.
“In the U.S., we do a really good job of tracking vaccination coverage in early childhood,”