‘Great Worry’: Health Experts See Drop In Vaccinations As Parents Cancel Well-Child Checkups

“We know our vaccine rates were already tenuous, so any additional hit to that is a great worry,” said Dr. Elizabeth Meade, a pediatrician in Washington. The doses states distribute vaccines for federally funded programs have also dropped since the pandemic started. Public health news is on choosing to die at home, risky health conditions, a ''virus of fear'' keeping sick people away from hospitals, problems from leaders forgoing masks, fashion designers making masks, felines testing positive, climate change's role in the pandemic and parents dealing with online schooling, as well.

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