2025: A year of fewer vaccines and increasing distrust

This year in pediatric medicine, vaccines have been the headline. From major shake-ups at the CDC,¹ to updated recommendations related to the COVID-19 vaccine for pediatric patients,² and more recently, the updated recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine,³ as well as the measles outbreaks observed this year,⁴ there is a fear among the health care community that such changes will continue to sow distrust in vaccines and misinformation among patients. Experts we spoke with stated, in 2025, we saw some ramifications.