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This brief looks at newly announced changes by HHS to the pediatric vaccination schedule, which reduce the number of vaccines recommended for all children. Implications of these changes for childhood vaccination rates and trust in public health are discussed.
This policy watch examines state-by-state school vaccine requirements and exemptions, including recent policy changes to them and the extent to which they may affect vaccination rates.
This brief provides data from the 2025 KFF/New York Times Survey of Immigrants on the health and health care experiences of immigrant parents and their children in the U.S. amid the current policy environment.
Our recent [survey] found very few parents (9%) report skipping or delaying the hepatitis B vaccine for their children...this is similar to a 2023 KFF survey showing that most adults overall stayed up-to-date on the hepatitis B vaccine, with just 10% reporting having skipped or delayed it.
Amid debates about proposed cuts to federal Medicaid spending, this brief analyzes key characteristics of children with special health care needs and explores how Medicaid provides them with coverage.
Charles N. Kahn III is a senior visiting fellow at KFF, where he hosts the podcast KFF's Business of Health with Chip Kahn. He is also a visiting senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a nonresident senior scholar at the University of Southern California's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.
This brief provides key data on socioeconomic characteristics and health coverage among children of immigrants based on KFF analysis of the American Community Survey data. It also examines potential implications of policies and actions that may be implemented by the incoming Trump administration.
KFF's new analysis examines how state coverage changes and expansions in Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for children may help to bolster coverage following the unwinding of the continuous enrollment provision.
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