David Higgins
@drhigginsmd.bsky.social
Pediatrician | Public Health Specialist | Immunization Delivery Researcher | Dad | Views are my own. CommunityImmunity@Substack
September 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
New data from a The Washington Post–KFF parent survey: 81% of U.S. parents support public schools requiring measles and polio vaccines—including 82% of Florida parents and 73% of MAGA Republicans! There is ipartisan support for vaccines!
#VaccinesWork #HealthyKids
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#VaccinesWork #HealthyKids
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September 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New data from a The Washington Post–KFF parent survey: 81% of U.S. parents support public schools requiring measles and polio vaccines—including 82% of Florida parents and 73% of MAGA Republicans! There is ipartisan support for vaccines!
#VaccinesWork #HealthyKids
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#VaccinesWork #HealthyKids
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The FDA is questioning the long-standing, evidence-based practice of giving seasonal vaccines—like flu and COVID shots—at the same visit. It risks undermining decades of science showing that administering multiple vaccines together is safe and effective.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The FDA is questioning the long-standing, evidence-based practice of giving seasonal vaccines—like flu and COVID shots—at the same visit. It risks undermining decades of science showing that administering multiple vaccines together is safe and effective.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
📰 New in Community Immunity: Vaccine debates look partisan, but they’re really about values. To rebuild trust, we need to move past red vs. blue labels and engage people at the level of what they truly care about.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📰 New in Community Immunity: Vaccine debates look partisan, but they’re really about values. To rebuild trust, we need to move past red vs. blue labels and engage people at the level of what they truly care about.
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📢 The American Academy of Pediatrics has released its 2025 Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedule — evidence-based recommendations to keep kids healthy this fall and beyond.
#Vaccines #AAP #RSV #FluShot #COVID19 #ChildHealth
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#Vaccines #AAP #RSV #FluShot #COVID19 #ChildHealth
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August 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📢 The American Academy of Pediatrics has released its 2025 Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedule — evidence-based recommendations to keep kids healthy this fall and beyond.
#Vaccines #AAP #RSV #FluShot #COVID19 #ChildHealth
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
#Vaccines #AAP #RSV #FluShot #COVID19 #ChildHealth
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📰 New in Community Immunity: Most parents still vaccinate their kids. Yes, exemptions are up and rates have ticked down, but refusal is rare. Exaggerating hesitancy fuels the false idea that anti-vaccine agendas reflect public opinion—they don’t.
August 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📰 New in Community Immunity: Most parents still vaccinate their kids. Yes, exemptions are up and rates have ticked down, but refusal is rare. Exaggerating hesitancy fuels the false idea that anti-vaccine agendas reflect public opinion—they don’t.
Thimerosal myths, ACIP shake‑ups, and the future of U.S. vaccines—I chatted with Dr. Marc Siegel on SiriusXM Doctor Radio.
🎧 Catch the July 29 episode here: sxm.app.link/DoctorRadio
#VaccinePolicy #PublicHealth #HealthCommunication
🎧 Catch the July 29 episode here: sxm.app.link/DoctorRadio
#VaccinePolicy #PublicHealth #HealthCommunication
August 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thimerosal myths, ACIP shake‑ups, and the future of U.S. vaccines—I chatted with Dr. Marc Siegel on SiriusXM Doctor Radio.
🎧 Catch the July 29 episode here: sxm.app.link/DoctorRadio
#VaccinePolicy #PublicHealth #HealthCommunication
🎧 Catch the July 29 episode here: sxm.app.link/DoctorRadio
#VaccinePolicy #PublicHealth #HealthCommunication
My letter to parents—on behalf of pediatricians everywhere...💌
From the moment your child was born, I’ve seen the joy and responsibility in your eyes. I’ve been there with you navigating car seats, feeding questions – big medical decisions. One choice now feels heavier: vaccines... 🧵
From the moment your child was born, I’ve seen the joy and responsibility in your eyes. I’ve been there with you navigating car seats, feeding questions – big medical decisions. One choice now feels heavier: vaccines... 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My letter to parents—on behalf of pediatricians everywhere...💌
From the moment your child was born, I’ve seen the joy and responsibility in your eyes. I’ve been there with you navigating car seats, feeding questions – big medical decisions. One choice now feels heavier: vaccines... 🧵
From the moment your child was born, I’ve seen the joy and responsibility in your eyes. I’ve been there with you navigating car seats, feeding questions – big medical decisions. One choice now feels heavier: vaccines... 🧵
📰 In my newsletter this week: How the politicization of vaccine policy is threatening public health and why understanding the ACIP's origins matter more than ever.
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June 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
📰 In my newsletter this week: How the politicization of vaccine policy is threatening public health and why understanding the ACIP's origins matter more than ever.
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June 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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June 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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May 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
May 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New in Community Immunity: Most Americans are still in the malleable middle on vaccines—confused, vulnerable to misinformation, but open. Plus: placebo politics, brutal flu season, measles slowing, and rising pertussis.
Read: communityimmunity.substack.com/p/the-mallea...
Read: communityimmunity.substack.com/p/the-mallea...
May 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New in Community Immunity: Most Americans are still in the malleable middle on vaccines—confused, vulnerable to misinformation, but open. Plus: placebo politics, brutal flu season, measles slowing, and rising pertussis.
Read: communityimmunity.substack.com/p/the-mallea...
Read: communityimmunity.substack.com/p/the-mallea...
New in my Community Immunity newsletter this week:
Support for childhood vaccines hasn’t vanished—but it’s more fragile than ever. I break down new data, what the headlines miss, and what we can do now.
Plus: RFK Jr. finally endorsed the measles vaccine… while completely undermining it.
Support for childhood vaccines hasn’t vanished—but it’s more fragile than ever. I break down new data, what the headlines miss, and what we can do now.
Plus: RFK Jr. finally endorsed the measles vaccine… while completely undermining it.
April 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New in my Community Immunity newsletter this week:
Support for childhood vaccines hasn’t vanished—but it’s more fragile than ever. I break down new data, what the headlines miss, and what we can do now.
Plus: RFK Jr. finally endorsed the measles vaccine… while completely undermining it.
Support for childhood vaccines hasn’t vanished—but it’s more fragile than ever. I break down new data, what the headlines miss, and what we can do now.
Plus: RFK Jr. finally endorsed the measles vaccine… while completely undermining it.
This week in Community Immunity: Public health isn’t a faucet you can just turn on and off. Plus, mass HHS layoffs, an NIH lawsuit, and yet another preventable measles death.
Read and subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/communit...
Read and subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/communit...
April 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This week in Community Immunity: Public health isn’t a faucet you can just turn on and off. Plus, mass HHS layoffs, an NIH lawsuit, and yet another preventable measles death.
Read and subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/communit...
Read and subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/communit...
Personal choice isn’t the opposite of recommendation 👇
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April 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Personal choice isn’t the opposite of recommendation 👇
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Excited to co-chair the APA Immunization SIG at #PAS2025 in Honolulu!
🗓 Sat, April 26 | 7–8:30 AM HST
📍 Room 302, Hawai‘i Convention Center
We’ll share real-world strategies to advance #VaccineEquity and how to move forward with this work.
See more here: 2025.pas-meeting.org/index.asp?pr...
🗓 Sat, April 26 | 7–8:30 AM HST
📍 Room 302, Hawai‘i Convention Center
We’ll share real-world strategies to advance #VaccineEquity and how to move forward with this work.
See more here: 2025.pas-meeting.org/index.asp?pr...
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Excited to co-chair the APA Immunization SIG at #PAS2025 in Honolulu!
🗓 Sat, April 26 | 7–8:30 AM HST
📍 Room 302, Hawai‘i Convention Center
We’ll share real-world strategies to advance #VaccineEquity and how to move forward with this work.
See more here: 2025.pas-meeting.org/index.asp?pr...
🗓 Sat, April 26 | 7–8:30 AM HST
📍 Room 302, Hawai‘i Convention Center
We’ll share real-world strategies to advance #VaccineEquity and how to move forward with this work.
See more here: 2025.pas-meeting.org/index.asp?pr...
“Measles is only a plane flight away.” That’s what I said last week on CNN.
Now, Colorado has a confirmed case from international travel.
This is how outbreaks start. We’ve seen it before, and we can stop it.
Protect yourself and Colorado communities by vaccinating!
www.9news.com/article/news...
Now, Colorado has a confirmed case from international travel.
This is how outbreaks start. We’ve seen it before, and we can stop it.
Protect yourself and Colorado communities by vaccinating!
www.9news.com/article/news...
April 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“Measles is only a plane flight away.” That’s what I said last week on CNN.
Now, Colorado has a confirmed case from international travel.
This is how outbreaks start. We’ve seen it before, and we can stop it.
Protect yourself and Colorado communities by vaccinating!
www.9news.com/article/news...
Now, Colorado has a confirmed case from international travel.
This is how outbreaks start. We’ve seen it before, and we can stop it.
Protect yourself and Colorado communities by vaccinating!
www.9news.com/article/news...
Last week, public health was dismantled: funding cuts, a discredited vaccine cynic leading autism-vaccine research, experts forced out, and global vaccine funds axed.
So what do we do now?👇
So what do we do now?👇
March 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Last week, public health was dismantled: funding cuts, a discredited vaccine cynic leading autism-vaccine research, experts forced out, and global vaccine funds axed.
So what do we do now?👇
So what do we do now?👇
Last week, I joined a SciLine media briefing on measles with fellow public health experts—covered symptoms, prevention, and the outbreak response hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Watch the full convo here: www.sciline.org/public-healt...
March 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Last week, I joined a SciLine media briefing on measles with fellow public health experts—covered symptoms, prevention, and the outbreak response hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Watch the full convo here: www.sciline.org/public-healt...
This week in my Community Immunity Substack newsletter, I dive into how researchers are using “Ctrl+F” for survival and debunk the myth that MMR vaccines cause autism. Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/communit...
March 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This week in my Community Immunity Substack newsletter, I dive into how researchers are using “Ctrl+F” for survival and debunk the myth that MMR vaccines cause autism. Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/communit...