By Ethan Covey
Vaccine coverage in the United States by age decreased for adolescents born in 2008 compared with those born earlier, according to a CDC report.
The findings highlight the potential need for catch-up vaccination for some adolescents (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:912-919).
“For the first time since 2013, the proportion of 13- to 17-year-olds who received their first doses of the human papillomavirus [HPV] vaccine did not increase,” said Cassandra Pingali, MPH, MS, an