WASHINGTON — Pediatric influenza vaccination rates remain suboptimal compared with other childhood vaccines, and parents are even less concerned about influenza since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data reported here.
In this video, Marisa Orbea, MD, a pediatric infectious disease fellow at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, discusses results from a research project conducted from 2019 to 2022.
Citing the recent post-pandemic decline in routine childhood immunization, Orbea said that although one in 15 parents in the U.S. categorize