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Women of childbearing age are more doubtful about the safety of getting the flu and COVID-19 vaccines while pregnant, a new study shows.

Although the public had been alerted that this winter could be a potentially bad flu season, barely half of Americans said in January that they had received a flu shot, a vaccination level unchanged in a representative national panel from the comparable period last year, according to a new Annenberg Science Knowledge (ASK) survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

The public's knowledge about monkeypox has increased rapidly in recent weeks though misconceptions and uncertainty persist, and over a quarter of Americans say they are not likely to get vaccinated against monkeypox if they're exposed to it, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) survey.

Despite knowing the risks of COVID-19, breakthrough infections, and long COVID, US adults are less and less likely to take precautions, a survey finds.