I’ve been honored to write a quarterly column, “Vaccine News You Can Use,” for the Colorado Family Physician magazine for several years. Below is Part 2 of my column in the Fall 2025 edition .

Part 1 of my Spring 2025 column in the CAFP journal can be viewed by clicking this link; however, I’ve also posted the articles with links in last week’s blog here.

Below is Part 2 of the column, which was posted online here, but you can see the linked headlines below.

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• • GENERAL VACCINE INFORMATION
    • Vaccination in the crosshairs: Paul Offit sounds the alarm (tinyurl.com/2852phnh)
    • Utah to let patients supply their own blood products over vaccine concerns (tinyurl.com/mr3e6c55)
    • mRNA vaccines, once a Trump boast, now face attacks from some in GOP (tinyurl.com/58u2zypc)
    • NIH cancelling grants on vaccine research (tinyurl.com/5n6whd54)
    • Louisiana to stop mass vaccine promotion (tinyurl.com/yzcs6626)
    • Minnesota bill against vaccines promotes disinformation (tinyurl.com/ycytu6nx)
  • CHIKUNGUNYA
    • Agencies advise: Suspend use of Chikungunya vaccine in adults aged 60+ (tinyurl.com/br953y38)
    • ACIP backs Chikungunya vaccine for travelers, lab workers (tinyurl.com/mw2cfrn9)
  • COVID
    • HHS to stop recommending routine COVID shots for children, pregnant people, RFK Jr. ally says (tinyurl.com/4bmknypn)
    • RFK may pull COVID shot from CDC’s vaccine schedule for kids (tinyurl.com/2e5vv3ru)
    • US CDC advisers discuss narrowing use of COVID booster shots this fall (tinyurl.com/357h96az)
    • FDA approves Novavax COVID shot but with unusual restrictions (tinyurl.com/3867trcn)
    • Studies find no association between COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk (tinyurl.com/3kvb5989), major birth defect risk (tinyurl.com/yryzapdc), or amu birth defects (tinyurl.com/yavtt7r5)
    • Children vaccinated against COVID more than 50% less likely to develop long COVID (tinyurl.com/3jcv8fuf); however, children under 5 have a low risk of COVID infection with or without vaccination (tinyurl.com/2p8wrjk5)
    • Researchers describe an extremely rare post-vaccination syndrome after COVID vaccination (tinyurl.com/46jcdzh2)
  • COVID AND INFLUENZA
    • Moderna’s combo COVID and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines (tinyurl.com/3cz43ts9)
  • H5N1 (Bird Flu)
    • US hasn’t seen a human bird flu case in 3 months. Why? (tinyurl.com/4zn2c5wm)
    • Bird flu cases have slowed in animals and people (tinyurl.com/58v32br4)
    • Will we have a bird flu vaccine next year? (tinyurl.com/5fnfvdh7)
    • CDC study shows possible undetected H5N1 spread (tinyurl.com/2pct3sn3)
  • INFLUENZA
    • Flu season claims 216 children, highest death toll since 2009 (ftinyurl.com/3j22mstp)
    • The flu vaccination rate for US children plummeted from about 64% five years ago to 49% this season (ftinyurl.com/3j22mstp)
    • Data from 38 countries support efficacy of flu vaccine (tinyurl.com/ycxjmxde)
    • Flu shots may temporarily lengthen menstrual cycles (tinyurl.com/2t7j64wn)
    • Flu vaccine this season was poorly matched for the worst flu season in a decade (tinyurl.com/2txzf3we)
  • MEASLES
    • From UCHealth: Vitamin A and cod liver oil don’t prevent measles. So, what treatments work? (tinyurl.com/44sbe6xa).
    • From UCHealth: While Vitamin A may be helpful for measles, is not a replacement for vaccination (tinyurl.com/5ctunzvv)
    • US measles cases are most likely underreported (tinyurl.com/bddenpnk)
    • Almost 7 in 10 concerned about measles outbreak (tinyurl.com/4dp32phv), and most parents are eager for their kids to be up to date with the MMR vaccine amid measles fears (tinyurl.com/3uvnh6dy)
    • Communities at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vax mandates (tinyurl.com/4hsnaw85)
    • Measles outbreak sparks APIC’s urgent call for stronger vaccine policies (tinyurl.com/3fhwwenc)
  • MUMPS
    • Here’s why Kennedy says the mumps vaccine doesn’t work (tinyurl.com/5ey7vxcb)
  • NOROVIRUS
    • FDA halts norovirus vaccine trial after GBS adverse event (tinyurl.com/5czdnewk)
  • POLIO
    • European polio cases are cause for concern (tinyurl.com/3nxs3pv6)
  • RSV
    • RSV 2024 vaccination rates low in infants, pregnant women, older adults (tinyurl.com/mr49tjr6)
    • Study identifies risk factors for severe RSV in children (tinyurl.com/bdh33nem)
  • SHINGLES
    • Shingles vaccine may reduce risk of heart disease and stroke (tinyurl.com/mjuza8ck)
    • Shingles vaccine may help reduce cardiovascular risk (tinyurl.com/mwwr7pj2)
    • Shingles vaccine tied to decreased dementia risk (tinyurl.com/5hcjhbu7)

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