Year in Review: 10 Health Policy Issues for 2023
This fact sheet offers a look back at 10 issues that KFF tracked closely during 2023 in its polling, policy analysis and journalism, including summaries of major findings and news stories.
Health Information and Trust
Poll
Most Adults Do Not Expect to Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall; Many Parents Confused About Recommendations for Children
As federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recommended for healthy children this year. About one in five adults nationally say the changes to vaccine policy are making people safer, while more than a third say they are making people less safe.
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The Monitor
New KFF-Washington Post Poll Explores Parents’ Vaccine Attitudes, and Confusion Follows ACIP Meeting on Vaccine Recommendations
This volume highlights findings from the KFF-Washington Post Survey of Parents, which explores parents’ views on childhood vaccines and their choices when it comes to vaccinating their own children. It also examines how questions from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) about the safety and necessity of some vaccines, including for COVID-19 and hepatitis B, may be impacting trust and public confusion. Additionally, it discusses recent HHS warnings about alleged links between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism, and the rise in AI-generated deepfake videos impersonating doctors to sell unproven health products.
Latest News
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In Hepatitis B Vaccine Debate, CDC Panel Sidesteps Key Exposure Risk
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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health Further Politicized Under the Threat of More Firings
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Trump Claims ‘No Downside’ to Avoiding Tylenol During Pregnancy. He’s Wrong.
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‘Sick to My Stomach’: Trump Distorts Facts on Autism, Tylenol, and Vaccines, Scientists Say
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