The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published today by WHO and UNICEF.
The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP), a common marker for immunization coverage, declined by 5% between 2019 and 2021 to a low of 81%.
As a result, 25 million children missed out on one or more doses of DTP through routine immunization services in 2021 alone.
Worst Backslide in Children Vaccinations Confirmed
TSA PreCheck Expands Gender Identification Options
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced yesterday the implementation of a new TSA PreCheck® program application to include an additional gender marker option to better serve non-binary and gender non-conforming Americans.
This action will ensure the TSA PreCheck system accurately reflects traveler gender based on self-attestation, regardless of the sex assigned at birth.