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The Japanese experience with vaccinating schoolchildren against influenza

The landmark study by Reichert et al. (2001) systematically analyzed the impact of Japan’s national policy to vaccinate schoolchildren against influenza on overall and pneumonia/influenza-associated mortality, spanning...

9 September, 2025

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Trying to reach “herd immunity” without a COVID-19 vaccine is a disastrous pandemic response strategy

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, use of the term “herd immunity” has spread almost as fast as the virus. But its use is fraught with misconceptions. In the U.K., officials briefly considered a herd immunity...

7 July, 2020

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Study finds correlation between vaccination rates, disease immunity

Researchers at ASU’s College of Health Solutions find increase in vaccination exemptions, decrease in herd immunity among Arizona schoolchildren Evidence suggests the use of vaccines goes as far back as the year...

29 June, 2020

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Study results will inform immunisation programs globally

The results of the B Part of It study – the largest meningococcal B herd immunity study ever conducted – are published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results have implications for all meningococcal B...

27 January, 2020

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