KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Fall 2026 Update on Vaccine Views
Key Takeaways In the months following two events that put vaccine safety in the spotlight—President Trump’s executive order calling for...
State and Local Policies on School Vaccine Requirements: Overview and Current Status
Key Points The Constitution gives authority to state and local governments, not the federal government, to set school vaccine requirements...
Kindergarten Routine Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline
As measles cases rise across the U.S., children’s routine vaccination rates continue to decline while exemptions from school vaccination requirements,...
Optional Medicaid and CHIP Coverage for Lawfully Present Immigrant Children Could Mitigate Coverage Losses Due to 2025 Reconciliation Law
Summary Actions taken by the Trump administration and Congress will likely have major impacts on health and health care for immigrant families, including...
Five Key Facts About People Experiencing Homelessness
Editorial Note This brief, originally published on September 9, 2025, was updated with the most recently available data on July...
State Health Coverage for Immigrants and Implications for Health Coverage and Care
As of 2024, there were 24 million noncitizen immigrants, including lawfully present and undocumented immigrants, living in the U.S. Noncitizen...
Key Facts about the Uninsured Population
How many people are uninsured? For the first time since 2019, the number of people without health coverage and the...
Measles Elimination Status: What It Is and How the U.S. Could Lose It
Originally published in July 2025, this policy watch has been updated in April 2026 to reflect additional developments and updated...
The New Federal Vaccine Schedule for Children: What Changed and What Are the Implications?
As widely expected, and following a recent Presidential memorandum, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a memo...
CDC Vaccine Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Recommendation and Reviews Aluminum in Vaccines, Plus Public Awareness of Mifepristone Safety — The Monitor
KFF Poll Shows Fewer than Half of the Public Are Aware of Abortion Pill Mifepristone’s Prevalence or Safety In September,...
