Florida's push to eliminate school vaccine mandates collapsed when a live measles outbreak — and the lawmakers who couldn't ignore it — made the political and public health cost too high to pay.

Now RFK Jr. is running the same playbook nationally.
He's fired all 17 federal vaccine advisors, rewritten vaccine policy, and pulled flu shot ads during a deadly outbreak.

At Lackland Air Force Base, 275 troops got the flu after vaccine mandates were eliminated. Nobody at the federal level is pumping the brakes. Less vaccines means more disease. We've seen it in Florida. We're watching it happen nationally in real time.

That's why Ask Nurses and Doctors mobilizes healthcare professionals to speak up, share the facts, and fight for leaders who make public health a policy priority. Florida proved that facts can win. We need that same accountability now, at the federal level, before the consequences become impossible to ignore for all of us.

Three recent studies showed that COVID vaccines were associated with lower risks of major adverse cardiovascular events, emergent care visits, hospitalizations, and critical illnesses, particularly among older adults.

Every caregiver wants a healthy child. Building confidence in vaccines starts with understanding people's concerns and responding with empathy, transparency, and accurate, evidence-based information.

On the second day of the virtual Strengthening Vaccine Confidence training, participants explored the critical role journalists play in fostering public trust in immunization. Through interactive discussions on Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) and Vaccine-Related Events (VREs), they examined common misconceptions, strengthened their understanding of vaccine safety, and learned how responsible, evidence-based reporting can help counter misinformation, address public concerns, and reinforce confidence in the vaccination program.

🌍 94% of countries saw vaccine confidence decline

WHY IT MATTERS:
The Lancet just published the most comprehensive mRNA safety synthesis yet. Billions of doses, decades of data, one gap: the science keeps compounding; public trust didn't follow.

KEY RESULTS:
-> 87% effective against infection (meta-analysis, 68 studies)
-> 93% against hospitalization, 94% against mortality
-> Myocarditis: 12-35 cases/million after dose 2, lower than COVID-19 infection itself
-> Clearance: mRNA gone in 7-14 days.

👉 The platform is expanding: cancer neoantigen vaccines, HIV, RSV, and rare metabolic diseases are all now in trials.

Yes, but: most evidence is still COVID-19-specific. Newer indications need their own surveillance base.

Ref: Blakney et al. Safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines: a mechanistic and
public health perspective. The Lancet, 2026| 21 commentaires sur LinkedIn

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Exciting news! A new vaccine resource website, VaccineConnect.org is now live.
This free tool connects people in Fairfax County directly with community health
workers to find local vaccines.

No cost, no barriers, just trusted guidance from someone who knows your
community. Get connected anonymously with a community health worker and
find local vaccine resources at VaccineConnect.org. #ImmunizeVA #VaccineConnect #FairfaxCounty

Today marks 11 years since California enacted SB277, eliminating personal and religious vaccine exemptions for school and daycare attendance.

The law transformed vaccine policy in California and sparked ongoing conversations about informed consent, parental rights, and access to scientific information.

Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC) was founded to help provide physicians, parents, and policymakers with evidence-based educational materials on infectious diseases, vaccines, and vaccine policy.

Resources like PIC's recently released Vaccines and the Diseases They Target: An Analysis of Vaccine Safety and Epidemiology (the Silver Booklet) are made possible through the support of donors who value informed consent and scientific transparency.

If you believe this work matters, please consider supporting PIC at https://lnkd.in/dQGG6xCu

I'm very pleased that this article is now available online, summarizing the survey findings from more than 9.6 million participants in V-safe (an active vaccine safety surveillance system). I will never forget the first week of COVID-19 vaccine rollout - what a joyful moment and yet I was still holding my breath as we watched to see whether vaccinees were opting in to participate in our brief post-vaccination surveys. Forever grateful for the many US residents who took the time to enroll and complete surveys.

I am reminded again how the heroic efforts of frontline responders during that time helped us get through a dreadful pandemic. Many of our earliest participants were busy healthcare workers who were among the first to receive vaccines and still took the time to participate in this system because they understood the importance of collecting this data. Some things stick with you for a lifetime - this will be one of them for me.

https://lnkd.in/ewj5KktN

On parle souvent des vaccins.

On parle moins de la vaccinologie, la discipline qui étudie les vaccins, leur développement, leur efficacité, leur sécurité et les stratégies permettant de les rendre accessibles aux populations.

Cette formation en vaccinologie m'a permis d'explorer cette autre facette de la santé publique : de la chaîne du froid à la communication communautaire, en passant par la sécurité vaccinale et la gestion des programmes de vaccination.

Une compétence supplémentaire au croisement de la santé publique, de la gestion de projets et du développement.

#Vaccinologie #SantéPublique #CFRSP #HealthSystems #Développement #FormationContinue

Is there a ‘crisis’ of trust in science? 🧪 I scrutinized this idea in my latest feature for Nature – and found some surprises.  
https://lnkd.in/ezh7zR7S
 
Data and interviews show that:
➡️ There’s certainly a *feeling* that the public have lost trust in science, given attacks on research in the US and growing vaccine hesitancy.
 
➡️ But in fact, data suggest that public trust in science is pretty high globally. Scientists are one of the most trusted professions – up there with teachers and doctors. There’s no worldwide collapse in trust.  
 
➡️ The idea of a crisis has actually become a simplistic shorthand for a variety of more nuanced problems. 
 
➡️ In the US, in particular, trust in science is becoming polarized along political lines. Confidence in science has fallen among those who lean Republican, but not among those who lean Democrat, surveys show. There's signs of polarisation in some (but certainly not all) other countries.
 
➡️ And in many places, people are increasingly questioning evidence on divisive issues such as vaccines – partly because scientific information is being drowned out on social media. Some say scientists are losing influence, not trust. 
 
➡️ The threat now, say researchers, is that the Trump administration is using the idea that science is not trustworthy to justify drastic cuts to research and undermining of evidence-based approaches such as vaccines. 
 
➡️ Solutions are, of course, complex e.g. increasing the influence of credible scientific information on social media platforms (hard, when algorithms favour outrage over facts); greater openness about uncertainties in science; and testing what works to address people’s specific concerns e.g. around vaccines.  
 
My story is part of a Nature special issue on trust in science, which also includes insightful articles from Mark Henderson, Tracey Brown, Chris Tyler, Laura dos Santos Boeira, David Budtz Pedersen PhD and others.
 
I’m really grateful to all the people who spoke to me – and helped me navigate data – on this important and fascinating issue. I'll tag them all in the comments! | 19 commentaires sur LinkedIn

Tragically, a flu death has been confirmed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas after Pete Hegseth removed a flu vaccine mandate. https://lnkd.in/gNxCB_ee

Comment circulent les fausses informations ?
Comment exercer son esprit critique sans tomber dans la méfiance généralisée ?
Comment construire une information plus fiable et accessible aux jeunes ?
 
Voilà certaines des questions qui ont été abordées ce matin lors de la conférence "Info, Infox, Influence ?" organisée par le Ministère des Sports, de la Jeunesse et de la Vie associative en partenariat avec DE FACTO et GEN.EU (AFP), Pol l'application et le CIDJ.
 
C'était hier mardi 30 juin, au Quartier Jeunes. Isabelle Wirth, Edouard Dambrine, Anna Baldy et Dahvia Ouadia ont échangé autour de notre rapport à l'information, les méthodes pour l'influence, mais aussi les réflexes pour savoir démêler le vrai du faux.
 
De Facto et le réseau European Digital Media Observatory ont été cité parmi les outils utiles pour appréhender ces enjeux.
 
Pour écouter cette conversation instructive, retrouvez le lien du replay en commentaire. 👇
 
cc Thibaut de Saint Pol MediaConnect Anne Boussarie Serge Barbet Eloïse Sicre Isabelle Chambon DJEPVA - Direction de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et de la vie associative

My latest article is deeply personal... and I can't tell you how nervous I was to hit "post." I wrote about my son's ADHD diagnosis and how I surprised even myself when I hesitated to give him medication for it. I describe how my "mama bear instinct" almost steered me away from the thing that would help him most.

I was nervous to share this because I worried the medical and scientific community would "judge" my hesitation. But the reality is that "parental instinct" is often cited as the reason why people don't do things like vaccinate, or give antibiotics, or carry out any number of medical and public health interventions. So I think it's important that we, in the scientific community, acknowledge that "mama bear instinct" instead of telling people to ignore it. It is not either/or! We just need to learn to trust it alongside the evidence, and alongside the experts who can help us figure out what it's actually trying to tell us.

https://lnkd.in/gTkhXG5i| 10 commentaires sur LinkedIn

As director of The Vaccine Confidence Project, Heidi J. Larson works to evaluate and address vaccine hesitancy.

« La désinformation française n’est pas un nuage diffus de gens qui partagent n’importe quoi. »

L’étude de Saper Vedere s’attache à décrypter l’écosystème français de la désinformation, ses communautés, ses cibles, sa structuration…

L’étude analyse 18 fake news, sélectionnées parmi celles débunkées par TF1 dans sa rubrique de fact-checking.

💡 Parmi les enseignements clés :

➡️ La désinformation française n’est pas dispersée, elle a des cibles claires : 84% des publis analysées visent Emmanuel Macron, son entourage ou l’exécutif. Autour de ce noyau, d’autres cibles : institutions (Assemblée, Sénat, Banque de France), figures de l’écologie et de la science (GIEC, experts, militants).
➡️ L’objectif n’est pas seulement de discréditer, c’est d’éroder la confiance dans ce qui fait autorité.
➡️ Une technique classique d’ingénierie de l’information est largement utilisée : l’utilisation de faux noms de domaine imitant des médias.

L’étude complète est dispo ici : https://lnkd.in/etCg5hVP

👏 Nicolas Vanderbiest 

💉 LA VACCINATION ÉVOLUE. VOS COMPÉTENCES AUSSI !

Chaque jour, les Assistantes Médicales (AM) et les Coordinatrices en Médecine Ambulatoire (CMA) sont en première ligne pour informer, rassurer et accompagner les patients. Votre rôle est essentiel!

C'est pourquoi, dans le cadre de la Stratégie nationale de vaccination (SNV) de l'Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP), la FMH a confié à l'ARAM – Association Romande des Assistantes Médicales l'organisation d'une journée de formation continue entièrement dédiée à la vaccination en pratique.

🎓 Animée par le Dr Alessandro Diana et Mme Barbalat Marie-José cette journée vous permettra de :

✔️ actualiser vos connaissances scientifiques ;
✔️ maîtriser les recommandations du Plan national de vaccination ;
✔️ mieux comprendre la pharmacovigilance et la gestion des rappels ;
✔️ développer des stratégies de communication efficaces avec les patients, notamment en situation d'hésitation vaccinale.

Parce que les assistantes médicales et les coordinatrices en médecine ambulatoire occupent une place essentielle dans la prévention et l'accompagnement des patients, cette journée vous apportera des outils concrets et des connaissances directement applicables à votre pratique quotidienne.

📅 Ne manquez pas cette opportunité de développer votre expertise et de valoriser votre rôle au sein de l'équipe médicale.

👉 Les inscriptions sont désormais ouvertes sur notre site : www.aram-romandie.ch

Rendez-vous le 29.08.2026 au CHUV où nous nous réjouissons de vous accueillir nombreuses et nombreux !

#ARAM #FormationContinue #Vaccination #OFSP #FMH #AssistanteMédicale #CMA #MédecineAmbulatoire #Prévention #SantéPublique

📈 Why don't epidemics stop the moment herd immunity is reached?

One of the most misunderstood concepts in epidemiology is epidemic overshooting.

Many people assume that once a population reaches the herd immunity threshold, an outbreak immediately comes to an end. In reality, epidemics often continue beyond that point.

Why?

Because many individuals are already infected and continue transmitting the disease before the outbreak eventually slows and stops. This additional wave of infections beyond the herd immunity threshold is known as overshooting.

Think of it like a speeding train: even after the brakes are applied, it doesn't stop instantly. It continues moving before finally coming to rest.

This concept reminds us why timing matters in public health.

✅ Early interventions reduce unnecessary infections.

✅ Vaccination before widespread transmission can significantly limit epidemic overshoot.

✅ Mathematical models such as the SIR and SEIR models help us understand these dynamics and support evidence-based public health decisions.

Epidemiology is more than counting cases, it's about understanding disease dynamics to better protect communities and save lives.

#Epidemiology #PublicHealth #DiseaseModeling #SEIR #SIR #MathematicalModeling #OutbreakResponse #GlobalHealth #HealthData #InfectiousDiseases

📢 Première communication des résultats de notre revue systématique lors de la Journée de la Recherche de l'École Doctorale.

Cette revue systématique vise à identifier les interventions les plus efficaces pour améliorer l'acceptation et la couverture vaccinale pendant la grossesse, ainsi qu'à analyser les mécanismes comportementaux mobilisés et le degré de co-construction des interventions avec les femmes enceintes et les professionnels de santé.


En attendant la publication de l'article, cette présentation a été l'occasion d'échanger autour des premiers enseignements de ce travail et des perspectives qu'il ouvre pour la conception d'interventions adaptées aux contextes locaux.

#Recherche #SantéPublique #Vaccination #Grossesse #Pertussis #MaternalImmunization #PhD #SystematicReview

💉 La vaccination, c'est bien. La vaccination qui ne laisse personne de côté, c'est mieux.

Durant notre récente campagne de vaccination contre la poliomyélite, nous n'avons pas seulement administré des doses, nous avons mené une véritable action de surveillance active sur le terrain.

🔍 Voici ce que nous avons fait concrètement :

✅ Recherche active des cas de Paralysie Flasque Aiguë (PFA) pour une détection précoce et une riposte rapide
✅ Identification des enfants zéro dose et sous-immunisés, ceux qui risquent de « passer entre les mailles » du système
✅ Orientation vers les structures sanitaires pour la mise à jour de leurs calendriers de vaccination
✅ Renforcement des capacités des équipes de terrain pour garantir des données de qualité, essentielles à la prise de décision

Chaque enfant retrouvé et orienté représente une vie protégée, une chaîne de transmission rompue, une communauté plus résiliente.

La qualité des données n'est pas une fin en soi, c'est le fondement sur lequel repose chaque décision de santé publique.

🌍 La lutte contre la poliomyélite est un engagement collectif. Merci à toutes les équipes de terrain, aux agents de santé communautaires, aux partenaires institutionnels pour leur dévouement.

#Vaccination #SantéPublique #Poliomyélite #Surveillance #ZéroDose #GuinéeSanté #OMS #UNICEF #SantéCommunautaire

Comprehensive and helpful The Lancet Group review on safety of mRNA vaccines by Anna Blakney Manish Sadarangani & colleagues

“Together, the accumulated evidence affirms mRNA vaccines as a safe, effective, and adaptable platform with enduring relevance for future infectious disease prevention and public health preparedness, and for the treatment of cancer and autoimmunity”

https://lnkd.in/eTc2ZXRx