Northern Oklahoma Regional Pediatric Clinic

12/26/2025

✅ 2025: Vaccines Work!
Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, nearly 59 million lives have been saved by the measles vaccine since 2000.

Despite fewer deaths, measles cases are now surging worldwide due to conflicts, supply disruptions and rise in vaccine misinformation.

At least 95% coverage with 2 doses of measles vaccine is required to stop transmission and protect communities from outbreaks of this highly contagious virus.

12/26/2025

Happy🎄Holidays from our Kids Crew! Wishing all of our families a joyous holiday season and new year!

12/20/2025

12/20/2025

"Children in the U.S. are at risk of different diseases than children in other countries. Vaccine recommendations in the U.S. are designed to help children resist serious illnesses so they can stay healthy, and our communities can stay healthy." - Dr. Jose Romero, AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases

The recommended pacing of childhood vaccines in the U.S. is based on decades of evidence-backed data and testing, ensuring that children receive the strongest protection against preventable diseases when they are most vulnerable and when their bodies will respond best.

To learn more about U.S. recommendations, read our full fact check:
https://bit.ly/4aQA7h6

12/19/2025

Flu A and Flu B
Are Here.
😷 💉

12/17/2025

The vaccine is 97% effective
Adverse Reactions are rare.

Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases known – the virus can live for up to 2 hours in the air where infected people have coughed or sneezed, or on surfaces they may have touched. Symptoms include high fever accompanied by a blotchy red rash, cough and a runny nose.

Most people who have gotten sick during the ongoing measles outbreaks taking place around the country have not been vaccinated, serving as a reminder of the importance of vaccination for children. The MMR vaccine is highly effective in helping kids build the strongest immunity against measles. Parents are encouraged to speak with their pediatrician with questions about the MMR vaccine or measles.
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12/15/2025

12/13/2025

Eliminating the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation because cases are low is like canceling car insurance because you haven’t crashed today.

Hepatitis B didn’t disappear by luck, it disappeared because we chose to protect babies before they were exposed. Rolling back the birth dose doesn’t make kids safer. It makes them vulnerable again.

Vaccines work quietly in the background until they’re gone.

Public health shouldn’t be a political experiment.

12/13/2025

12/12/2025

A new CDC report reveals that pediatric flu deaths in the 2024-’25 season tied a record high. A newly reported death from last season brings the 2024-’25 total to 288, which is higher than any other regular flu season since tracking started in 2004. Last season’s pediatric deaths include at least 21 children who had a rare but severe neurological complication from the flu.

The first child death has also been reported for the current season. The death occurred in late November and was associated with influenza A, according to the CDC report. Read more in AAP News: https://bit.ly/494O6i5