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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State health officials are encouraging the immunization of children against flu and COVID-19 without making changes to its list of other vaccines required for school entry in the fall of 2023.

The problem is only barely starting to get the attention of employers, the health care system, and policymakers.

The new prime minister ended mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers and is considering reducing the quarantine period for positive cases; experts disagree.

The stability in weekly cases, however, comes in contrast to a very recent and considerable increase in new hospital admissions of children aged 0-17 years with confirmed COVID-19.

Vaccination and booster status did not improve survival or hospitalization rates among people who were infected more than once.

Researchers evaluated the health records of 9154 infants born between July 1, 2017, and July 31, 2020, who were treated at health centers across Europe.

Clinicians should encourage vaccination against pneumococcal disease as COVID-19 and flu cases rise, researchers say.

A vaccination campaign against meningococcal B bacteria has been initiated in the Chambéry and Lyon-East regions of France following an increase in infections with a new variant.

Researchers were surprised by the magnitude of the effect and the fact that it was observed in different adult age groups, for both sexes, and for those with and without stroke risk factors.

We have come a long way, and this is definitely cause for optimism. But we continue to call on all governments, communities, and individuals to remain vigilant, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.