Asking questions is smart – it's how we make informed choices.
When it comes to vaccines, asking questions helps you make the best decisions for yourself and your family.
What are the risks of infectious diseases?
How are vaccines tested before approval and monitored for safety?
How are vaccines made and what goes into them?
How do we know that vaccines do not cause autism?
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Sep 2, 2026 As Americans prepare for another respiratory virus season, access to clear, evidence-based information remains essential for making informed vaccination decisions. While the impact of respiratory viruses has evolved since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, influenza, COVID-19, and RSV continue to account for hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and tens of thousands of deaths each year, particularly among older adults, infants, pregnant people, and those with weakened immune systems.
Sep 2, 2026 This resource includes the current flu, COVID-19, and RSV immunization recommendations from the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America into a single printable reference for you and your patients.
Aug 27, 2026 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna, Novavax-Sanofi and Pfizer-BioNTech's updated COVID vaccines, the companies said on Thursday, after an advisory panel recommended that the shots should target the dominant XFG variant.
Aug 25, 2026 Pennsylvania has recorded its first two deaths connected to measles in 35 years, the state health department announced Tuesday. The two people who died were not vaccinated against the virus, and the deaths occurred in Lancaster County.
Aug 24, 2026 The state of Florida wants to remove four immunizations from entry requirements for PreK-12 public and private schools. The Florida Department of Health is proposing a rule to remove hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for public school attendance, a move that has been in play for almost a year after Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced his intent to get rid of all vaccine mandates in the state.
Aug 19, 2026 Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Overton is a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of Trump’s second-term health initiatives. She has become a trusted administration figure and a champion of the Republican president’s goals.
Aug 18, 2026 President Donald Trump will nominate White House official Heidi Overton to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, according to two people familiar with the pick granted anonymity to discuss the selection.
Aug 12, 2026 Senior officials of the World Health Organization, including Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, criticized the Trump administration’s newest attempt to trigger an overhaul of U.S. vaccination policy on Wednesday, calling it politically motivated and contradictory to the best available science.
Aug 11, 2026 President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.
Aug 6, 2026 The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new kind of flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturer Moderna said.
Vaccinating during pregnancy is a personal choice millions of families make to protect moms and babies.
Routine recommendations help keep maternal vaccines accessible and covered—protecting that choice, not prescribing it.
Learn more about why maternal vaccine recommendations matter.
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Getting the vaccines you need shouldn’t be complicated – but sometimes it is.
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