State health officials reported an additional 15 measles cases on Tuesday, for a total of 258 probable and confirmed cases in the state this year.
State health officials last month issued orders to allow Wisconsinites to receive flu and COVID-19 vaccines at the pharmacy, amid a lack of federal guidance.
The measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rate rose slightly last school year among kindergarteners, while the percentage of those with non-medical vaccine exemptions ticked up too.
State health officials last week unveiled a plan to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030.
Wisconsin and 14 other states filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal overhaul of the recommended childhood vaccine schedule.
Upheaval of federal immunization recommendations — and a fissure between those guidelines and what healthcare providers suggest — could create confusion and undermine vaccine access, says the past chair of a vaccine advisory committee.
State health officials said Thursday they continue to support childhood vaccine recommendations from pediatricians, after recent changes to federal guidance.
A western Wisconsin child died of COVID-19 and a northeastern Wisconsin child of flu in the past month, the first pediatric deaths during the current respiratory disease season, state health officials said Thursday.
A pair of Democratic bills aim to boost the state’s immunization rates.
The Department of Health Services continues to recommend that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine dose within 24 hours of birth, after federal guidelines changed.
Wisconsin’s top health official on Friday condemned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for suggesting a link between vaccines and autism.
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Wisconsin is seeing slower uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine compared to last year.
