Major coalition pushes the public to catch up on missed vaccinations

A coalition of 87 organizations has launched a new 'Keep Up the Rates' campaign to encourage people to get routine vaccinations during the pandemic. Research has shown that people, and in particular children, are missing scheduled immunizations during the crisis. The initiative — backed by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, the American Public Health Association, the March of Dimes, and others — is calling on people to reschedule immunizations they might have put off. The campaign's leaders say they're hopeful the effort could help narrow existing racial disparities in vaccination rates, which otherwise might grow worse.