PBS News Hour - Health

How vaccine hesitancy may be driving a spike in pediatric flu deaths


Listen Later

The CDC reported 12 seasonal flu-related deaths of children this week, bringing the total number of pediatric flu deaths this season to 216 — the most in 15 years. Experts say one reason for this new record could be the plummeting flu vaccination rate among American children. John Yang speaks with Dr. Peter Hotez at Baylor College of Medicine to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

PBS News Hour - HealthBy PBS NewsHour

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

29 ratings


More shows like PBS News Hour - Health

View all
PBS News Hour - Segments by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Segments

1,060 Listeners

KQED's The California Report by KQED

KQED's The California Report

394 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Brooks and Capehart by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Brooks and Capehart

1,223 Listeners

PBS News Hour - World by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - World

83 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Full Show by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Full Show

2,349 Listeners

Here & Now Anytime by WBUR

Here & Now Anytime

1,014 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

84 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,482 Listeners

The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

The NPR Politics Podcast

25,717 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Politics Monday by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Politics Monday

105 Listeners

1A by NPR

1A

4,613 Listeners

Civics 101 by NHPR

Civics 101

2,512 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,044 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

55,842 Listeners

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?' by KFF Health News

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'

482 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Brief But Spectacular by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Brief But Spectacular

24 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Art Beat by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Art Beat

9 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Science by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Science

25 Listeners

Today, Explained by Vox

Today, Explained

10,080 Listeners

Public Health On Call by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Public Health On Call

615 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

5,975 Listeners