All Annenberg Public Policy Center articles
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Most Americans favor school vaccination requirements, but support is rising for opt-out options
A new survey finds that nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults support requiring that children be vaccinated against preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella.
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Cases of whooping cough growing, but knowledge about it is lacking
Many in the public are not familiar with symptoms of whooping cough. Almost a third of respondents (30%) are not sure if pertussis is the same as whooping cough and not sure (30%) whether a vaccine exists to prevent it.
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In a warming world, public needs to know more about protections from mosquito-borne illnesses
Very few (15%) among the American public worry that they or their families will contract dengue or West Nile virus over the new three months, according to the latest Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) health knowledge survey.
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Comprehensive meta-analysis pinpoints what vaccination strategies different countries should adopt
A new paper offers the first comprehensive meta-analysis examining what types of vaccine intervention strategies have the greatest effect, and whether different intervention strategies work better in different countries.
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Public fails to appreciate risk of consuming raw milk, survey finds
Fewer than half of U.S. adults know that drinking raw milk is less safe than drinking pasteurized milk and many Americans do not understand the risks of consuming raw milk, according to a new health survey.
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Social media use is associated with more frequent vaccination
Researchers have found that more social media use correlates with more vaccination – though the reason for this relationship is different for Democrats and Republicans.
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False belief in MMR vaccine-autism link endures as measles threat persists
As measles cases rise across the United States and vaccination rates for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine fall, a new survey finds that a quarter of U.S. adults do not know that claims that the MMR vaccine causes autism are false.