Drug Topics March 27, 2025
Lauren Angelo, PharmD, MBA, discussed current vaccination sentiments across the country and how misinformation has contributed to declining rates among US patients.
With pressure from the media, anti-vaccination lobbies, politics, and more, misinformation among the general public has significantly contributed to declining immunization rates in the US, according to a presentation at the American Pharmacists Association 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition.1
In a presentation titled Fixin’ to Address Vaccine Misinformation, Lauren Angelo, PharmD, MBA, began by addressing the declining immunization rates among US adults. She set the stage by introducing trends in patient intent to receive various vaccines, including COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The most notable data points Angelo discussed were how at least 20% of all...