ImmunizeDelaware

04/01/2026

It's Wednesday - how about an IZ Express?

Keep updated on immunization news. Read IZ Express Issue Number 1867.

04/01/2026

More info about the new COVID variant, "cicada"

03/31/2026

03/30/2026

Happy Monday, Delaware!https://immunizedelaware.org/wp-content/uploads/March-30.pdf

03/25/2026

It's Wednesday!

Keep updated on immunization news. Read IZ Express Issue Number 1866.

03/24/2026

Important things to know about measles:

1. The MMR vaccine works extremely well, but no vaccine is perfect, and breakthrough infections can happen. A vaccinated person is 35 times less likely to get measles than someone who is unvaccinated (roughly 3 out of 100 fully vaccinated people can be infected).

2. The primary purpose of vaccination is to prevent serious illness, hospitalization, and death. If it prevents infection, too, great.

3. Breakthrough cases do not equal vaccine failure. With more measles circulating, it is inevitable that more breakthrough infections will follow.

4. Exposure matters. A healthcare professional treating an infected patient is getting much more exposure to the virus than people walking outside in an area that is seeing a lot of measles. Antibodies in a person's bloodstream can neutralize the virus, but sometimes overwhelming exposure can outpace our antibodies.

5. Even if a breakthrough infection happens, serious illness remains uncommon; data confirms that vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe complications.

03/23/2026

Happy Monday, Delaware!https://immunizedelaware.org/wp-content/uploads/March-23.pdf

03/18/2026

03/18/2026

Since November 2024, there have been 11 cases of Mpox Clade I across the country.

The current risk to the public is low, the Health Department says.

MORE: https://abc7ny.com/post/first-known-case-severe-mpox-strain-discovered-new-york-city/18712457/?ex_cid=TA_WABC_FB

03/18/2026

Happy Wednesday!

Keep updated on immunization news. Read IZ Express Issue Number 1865.

03/17/2026

03/16/2026

Big news!

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent overhaul of the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule.