International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
@ivac-hopkins.bsky.social
Creating a world free from adverse health, economic, and social consequences of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Website: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/
Newsletter: https://jhsph.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=27638535c8fe38550be250ed9&id=75c2f4e9cc
Website: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/
Newsletter: https://jhsph.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=27638535c8fe38550be250ed9&id=75c2f4e9cc
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
Today on #WorldPneumoniaDay, we honour the partnerships, persistence and country leadership that continue to turn the tide against childhood pneumonia.
Vaccines are not only saving lives, especially for children under 5, they’re transforming the future for millions of families. #VaccinesWork
Vaccines are not only saving lives, especially for children under 5, they’re transforming the future for millions of families. #VaccinesWork
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today on #WorldPneumoniaDay, we honour the partnerships, persistence and country leadership that continue to turn the tide against childhood pneumonia.
Vaccines are not only saving lives, especially for children under 5, they’re transforming the future for millions of families. #VaccinesWork
Vaccines are not only saving lives, especially for children under 5, they’re transforming the future for millions of families. #VaccinesWork
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
Maternal #RSV vaccines have exciting potential to protect infants from #pneumonia and severe respiratory illness.
📣 Use our RSV communications toolkit to spread the word about new immunization products for protecting infants: https://bit.ly/4ok3We0
#WorldPneumoniaDay
📣 Use our RSV communications toolkit to spread the word about new immunization products for protecting infants: https://bit.ly/4ok3We0
#WorldPneumoniaDay
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Maternal #RSV vaccines have exciting potential to protect infants from #pneumonia and severe respiratory illness.
📣 Use our RSV communications toolkit to spread the word about new immunization products for protecting infants: https://bit.ly/4ok3We0
#WorldPneumoniaDay
📣 Use our RSV communications toolkit to spread the word about new immunization products for protecting infants: https://bit.ly/4ok3We0
#WorldPneumoniaDay
We are thrilled to launch a new VIEW-hub module focused on #RSV prevention products to provide immunization researchers, advocates, and decision-makers with data on country-level introduction and product use #WorldPneumoniaDay view-hub.org/vaccine/rsv
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We are thrilled to launch a new VIEW-hub module focused on #RSV prevention products to provide immunization researchers, advocates, and decision-makers with data on country-level introduction and product use #WorldPneumoniaDay view-hub.org/vaccine/rsv
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
The hepatitis B vaccination is an essential safety net for newborns.
Without vaccination, as many as 9 in 10 infants infected with hepatitis B in their first year of life will develop chronic infection that can lead to liver failure and death.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-hep...
Without vaccination, as many as 9 in 10 infants infected with hepatitis B in their first year of life will develop chronic infection that can lead to liver failure and death.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-hep...
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The hepatitis B vaccination is an essential safety net for newborns.
Without vaccination, as many as 9 in 10 infants infected with hepatitis B in their first year of life will develop chronic infection that can lead to liver failure and death.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-hep...
Without vaccination, as many as 9 in 10 infants infected with hepatitis B in their first year of life will develop chronic infection that can lead to liver failure and death.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-hep...
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
Since 1971, combination MMR vaccines have protected American children against life-threatening infection.
William Moss discusses recent calls to split the vaccine into three separate injections despite a lack of scientific justification to do so.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/963-separati...
William Moss discusses recent calls to split the vaccine into three separate injections despite a lack of scientific justification to do so.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/963-separati...
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Since 1971, combination MMR vaccines have protected American children against life-threatening infection.
William Moss discusses recent calls to split the vaccine into three separate injections despite a lack of scientific justification to do so.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/963-separati...
William Moss discusses recent calls to split the vaccine into three separate injections despite a lack of scientific justification to do so.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/963-separati...
A new series of briefs displays tailored information on the extent to which children are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases across the US: publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/monitor... #immunization #vaccines @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A new series of briefs displays tailored information on the extent to which children are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases across the US: publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/monitor... #immunization #vaccines @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
The Department of Health and Human Services has canceled millions in funding for the development of mRNA vaccines.
@ivac-hopkins.bsky.social's Bill Moss delves into the misinformation about mRNA vaccines and the dangers posed by cuts to development.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/932-cuts-to-...
@ivac-hopkins.bsky.social's Bill Moss delves into the misinformation about mRNA vaccines and the dangers posed by cuts to development.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/932-cuts-to-...
August 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services has canceled millions in funding for the development of mRNA vaccines.
@ivac-hopkins.bsky.social's Bill Moss delves into the misinformation about mRNA vaccines and the dangers posed by cuts to development.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/932-cuts-to-...
@ivac-hopkins.bsky.social's Bill Moss delves into the misinformation about mRNA vaccines and the dangers posed by cuts to development.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/932-cuts-to-...
As of July 7, more #measles cases have reported in the US this year than in all of 2019, the highest number of cases since the disease was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. A publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
As of July 7, more #measles cases have reported in the US this year than in all of 2019, the highest number of cases since the disease was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. A publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social
RFK Jr's announcement that the US will halt funding to #Gavi could mean "fewer #vaccine introductions into many low- and middle-income countries", with the potential for continued, or more frequent importations of #measles virus here in the United States." www.npr.org/sections/goa...
RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine group over 'vaccine safety' issues
The secretary of health and human services said that funding will be curtailed until Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, takes into account the science of vaccine safety in its campaigns.
www.npr.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
RFK Jr's announcement that the US will halt funding to #Gavi could mean "fewer #vaccine introductions into many low- and middle-income countries", with the potential for continued, or more frequent importations of #measles virus here in the United States." www.npr.org/sections/goa...
WHO recently published its first position paper outlining recommendations to protect infants against #RSV, the leading cause of ALRIs in children. This is the first step toward making RSV #immunization products accessible around the globe. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/2025/ne...
New WHO Recommendations to Protect Infants from RSV | International Vaccine Access Center
Preventive measures are critical to reduce the high burden of severe RSV disease among infants and young children. New recommendations from the WHO encourage all countries to introduce maternal vaccin...
publichealth.jhu.edu
June 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
WHO recently published its first position paper outlining recommendations to protect infants against #RSV, the leading cause of ALRIs in children. This is the first step toward making RSV #immunization products accessible around the globe. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/2025/ne...
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
Upcoming #GlobalHealth webinar! Join us & HAPPI Consortium partners @jsihealth.bsky.social, Clinton Health Access Initiative, @jhpiego.org & @ivac-hopkins.bsky.social to learn how programs are reaching girls missed by school-based #HPV vaccination efforts.
🗓️ June 25
⏰ 9–10:30am ET
✍️ bit.ly/3ZGfuy3
🗓️ June 25
⏰ 9–10:30am ET
✍️ bit.ly/3ZGfuy3
June 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Upcoming #GlobalHealth webinar! Join us & HAPPI Consortium partners @jsihealth.bsky.social, Clinton Health Access Initiative, @jhpiego.org & @ivac-hopkins.bsky.social to learn how programs are reaching girls missed by school-based #HPV vaccination efforts.
🗓️ June 25
⏰ 9–10:30am ET
✍️ bit.ly/3ZGfuy3
🗓️ June 25
⏰ 9–10:30am ET
✍️ bit.ly/3ZGfuy3
IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss explains why inert placebos are not the only suitable controls in vaccine trials. "It is unethical to give children an inert placebo when there already is an established vaccine with demonstrated effectiveness," he said. www.biospace.com/policy/is-th...
Is the New HHS Vaccine Requirement Anti-Vaccine Activism Disguised as Policy?
Yes, according to leading vaccine physician Paul Offit, who denounced the new placebo-controlled trial requirements for vaccines and sought greater clarity: “I don’t know what they’re talking about.”
www.biospace.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss explains why inert placebos are not the only suitable controls in vaccine trials. "It is unethical to give children an inert placebo when there already is an established vaccine with demonstrated effectiveness," he said. www.biospace.com/policy/is-th...
ICYMI: A recording from last week's webinar, "Measles in America: Causes, Risks, and Responses" is now available! @michaelmina.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social youtu.be/Tbwfz6iUqe4
Measles in America: Causes, Risks, and Responses
YouTube video by International Vaccine Access Center
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ICYMI: A recording from last week's webinar, "Measles in America: Causes, Risks, and Responses" is now available! @michaelmina.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social youtu.be/Tbwfz6iUqe4
The latest VIEW-hub report is now available! This quarterly report highlights changes to introduction status and use for the 9 #vaccines included on VIEW-hub, such as the nationwide introduction of TCV by Burkina Faso in January. Read more: view-hub.org/sites/defaul...
May 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The latest VIEW-hub report is now available! This quarterly report highlights changes to introduction status and use for the 9 #vaccines included on VIEW-hub, such as the nationwide introduction of TCV by Burkina Faso in January. Read more: view-hub.org/sites/defaul...
30.6 million children lacked access to rotavirus vaccines in 2023, more than 1 in 5 of which live in Gavi-eligible countries. See more coverage and access data on VIEW-hub: view-hub.org/vaccine/rota... #WorldImmunizationWeek #HumanlyPossible
April 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
30.6 million children lacked access to rotavirus vaccines in 2023, more than 1 in 5 of which live in Gavi-eligible countries. See more coverage and access data on VIEW-hub: view-hub.org/vaccine/rota... #WorldImmunizationWeek #HumanlyPossible
“I like to think of this like a forest fire with sparks spreading out. If those sparks land in a community with low vaccine coverage, we’re going to see a larger
#measles #outbreak." – IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
#measles #outbreak." – IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
MAP: Where are the biggest measles outbreaks in the US right now?
A total of 800 measles cases across two dozen states have been confirmed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
thehill.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“I like to think of this like a forest fire with sparks spreading out. If those sparks land in a community with low vaccine coverage, we’re going to see a larger
#measles #outbreak." – IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
#measles #outbreak." – IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
April 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"How to Talk about Vaccines in an Era of Scientific Mistrust" – Spillover from the politicization of the COVID pandemic has eroded #vaccine confidence, but everyday people can play a role in building it back up. Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
How Everyday People Can Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
Spillover from the politicization of the COVID pandemic has eroded vaccine confidence, but everyday people can play a role in building it back up
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"How to Talk about Vaccines in an Era of Scientific Mistrust" – Spillover from the politicization of the COVID pandemic has eroded #vaccine confidence, but everyday people can play a role in building it back up. Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
"Many medical authorities view #measles, which is especially contagious, as the canary in the coal mine, but #pertussis cases may also be a warning." Pertussis cases have skyrocketed in the US as #vaccination rates drop.
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...
www.propublica.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Many medical authorities view #measles, which is especially contagious, as the canary in the coal mine, but #pertussis cases may also be a warning." Pertussis cases have skyrocketed in the US as #vaccination rates drop.
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
“We should be comparing measles in the [U.S.] this year to measles in the [U.S.] in prior years. To say Europe has more cases over one year than we’ve had in three months this year, it’s just a false comparison,” noted @ivac-hopkins.bsky.social's William Moss. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine protection 'wanes very quickly'
Though he endorsed measles vaccines, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to sow doubt about vaccine safety.
www.nbcnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“We should be comparing measles in the [U.S.] this year to measles in the [U.S.] in prior years. To say Europe has more cases over one year than we’ve had in three months this year, it’s just a false comparison,” noted @ivac-hopkins.bsky.social's William Moss. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
We are proud to again be named the #1 public health school in the nation by our peer schools and programs, as measured by @usnews.com
Read more details, including this year's rankings of specialty areas within public health: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/johns-h...
Read more details, including this year's rankings of specialty areas within public health: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/johns-h...
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Again Rated #1 by Peers in U.S. News & World Report | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The School has held the #1 spot since the rankings began in 1994. The School has also been named by peers as a leader in five specialty areas within public health this year.
publichealth.jhu.edu
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We are proud to again be named the #1 public health school in the nation by our peer schools and programs, as measured by @usnews.com
Read more details, including this year's rankings of specialty areas within public health: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/johns-h...
Read more details, including this year's rankings of specialty areas within public health: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/johns-h...
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
Texas’ measles outbreak isn’t slowing. Vaccination could change that : NPR www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Texas' measles outbreak isn't slowing down. How can that change?
Health experts say driving up vaccination rates in affected areas is the most effective defense against this disease
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Texas’ measles outbreak isn’t slowing. Vaccination could change that : NPR www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Gavi helped to stop the #Ebola epidemic in West Africa a decade ago, and established a stockpile of Ebola #vaccines that can be deployed when there is an outbreak, such as one in Uganda this year, says Anita Shet @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
www.sciencenews.org/article/publ...
www.sciencenews.org/article/publ...
How U.S. public health cuts could raise risks of infectious diseases
Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public health outreach to global disease surveillance, making us more vulnerable, experts warn.
www.sciencenews.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Gavi helped to stop the #Ebola epidemic in West Africa a decade ago, and established a stockpile of Ebola #vaccines that can be deployed when there is an outbreak, such as one in Uganda this year, says Anita Shet @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
www.sciencenews.org/article/publ...
www.sciencenews.org/article/publ...
“That this was an 8-year old girl means that this #outbreak has been years in the making because of under-vaccination,” said IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss #measles #vaccines
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
U.S. may be reverting to a time when measles deaths were not very rare, experts warn
Peter Marks: “Unless we dramatically change course, drastically change course, it's going to be a problem. This is what measles does.”
www.statnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“That this was an 8-year old girl means that this #outbreak has been years in the making because of under-vaccination,” said IVAC Executive Director Dr. William Moss #measles #vaccines
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
Reposted by International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
Gavi, which buys vaccines for half the world's children, is the latest target of proposed federal funding cuts.
@drsethberkley.bsky.social explains Gavi's innovative model and the catastrophic potential if the U.S. withdraws financial support.
Listen: podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/877-gavi-the...
@drsethberkley.bsky.social explains Gavi's innovative model and the catastrophic potential if the U.S. withdraws financial support.
Listen: podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/877-gavi-the...
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Gavi, which buys vaccines for half the world's children, is the latest target of proposed federal funding cuts.
@drsethberkley.bsky.social explains Gavi's innovative model and the catastrophic potential if the U.S. withdraws financial support.
Listen: podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/877-gavi-the...
@drsethberkley.bsky.social explains Gavi's innovative model and the catastrophic potential if the U.S. withdraws financial support.
Listen: podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/877-gavi-the...