Health experts or politicians? Who should set Texas' vaccine schedule?
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
| Mar 22 2023
At first you don’t worry. After all, every kid gets a fever. Only a pediatrician of a certain age would even know to look in...
At first you don’t worry. After all, every kid gets a fever. Only a pediatrician of a certain age would even know to look in...
In the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines have become more of a life-saving necessity—and yet more controversial. These days, so-called “anti-vaxxers” are using the pandemic as a...
Texas is home to some of the best universities in the world. Our scientists are second to none. Cutting-edge medical research is happening in Texas...
Vaccines have become a popular medical and political tool in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One organization is aiming to make sure the...
Texas lawmakers filed over 100 vaccine-related bills in the 2021 legislative session — more than in the past six sessions combined. Most of them sought to...
In the modern world and our modern society, there can be no excuse for an outbreak of measles. The disease can be lethal for young...
(Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - The COVID-19 vaccination records of at least 9.6 million Texans will be destroyed five years after the statewide public...
A Texas bill that would scrap all school vaccine requirements — not just for COVID-19 — died in committee last year, but public health advocates...
Some of our strongest and most dedicated supporters are our Board of Directors. Our board consists of extraordinary individuals dedicated to strengthening our state by...
For Houston mother Keaunni Sampract, the decision to have her 2-month-old daughter, Kh’alani Stewart, receive routine childhood vaccines was an easy one. Sampract’s older children...
Health experts in Texas said they are concerned fewer children are getting vaccinated for the new school year, and that some parents are getting incorrect...
In the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines have become more of a life-saving necessity—and yet more controversial. These days, so-called “anti-vaxxers” are using the pandemic as a...
With back-to-school season in full swing, Texas children are gearing up for a year of learning. But some Texas advocacy groups are concerned by a...
UNICEF and the World Health Organization recently issued a sobering report that revealed the percentage of children worldwide who received routine wellness vaccinations experienced the...
Global health officials are flagging a troubling trend among children as routine vaccination rates are the lowest they’ve been in 30 years, according to a...