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\n \n \n Add topic to email alerts \n <\/span> \n <\/p>\n\n\n \n Receive an email when new articles are posted on \n <\/p>\n\n Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n “ \n data-action=”subscribe”> \n Subscribe \n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.<\/strong> <\/p>\nBack to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nResearchers modeled the number of pediatric health care visits, hospitalizations and deaths with varying immunization rates.<\/li>\nCompared with the 50% coverage, 70% coverage could halve pediatric influenza deaths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBOSTON \u2014 Increasing influenza vaccination coverage to 70% could prevent more than 30,000 pediatric hospitalizations and 123 pediatric deaths, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.<\/p>\nThe Healthy People 2030 initiative, launched by HHS in 2020, set a goal of achieving 70% coverage among all people aged 6 months and older.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Data derived from Nguyen VH, et al. Modeling the impact of pediatric influenza vaccination rates on U.S. health care resource utilization. Presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting; April 24-27, 2026; Boston.<\/i> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\nHowever, CDC data reveal that pediatric vaccination rates have been steadily falling since the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage among children aged 6 months through 17 years was 63.7% by the end of the 2019-2020 influenza season. In contrast, coverage at the end of the 2024-2025 season was 50.2%.<\/p>\n\u201cLower vaccination uptake among children is associated with increased health care visits and hospitalizations and can accelerate influenza transmission across age groups, placing additional strain on health care resources,\u201d Joaquin <\/b>F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo<\/b>, PhD,<\/b> a global health researcher at CSL Seqirus, said in a press release. \u201cThis trend is particularly concerning following the 2024-2025 U.S. influenza season, which was marked by 293 reported pediatric deaths \u2014 the highest number since reporting began.\u201d<\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH,<\/b> a pharmaceutical consultant and one of the presenting authors, explained to PAS attendees how he and Mould-Quevedo set up their study to show how pediatric immunization rates would affect health care utilization. They built a model to estimate pediatric health care utilization during a high-incidence season (2017-2018) and a low-incidence season (2011-2012). They projected the number of pediatric outpatient visits, hospitalizations and deaths with vaccination rates ranging from 50% to 70%. They used a vaccine effectiveness rate of 58%, which was based on the average effectiveness from the last 10 years of CDC data.<\/p>\nWith the current influenza vaccine coverage of 50%, the researchers estimated that more than 4.4 million children would need outpatient care, 59,000 would be hospitalized and 234 would die during a high-incidence season. During a low-incidence season, they projected 1.5 million pediatric outpatient visits, 18,000 hospital admissions and 70 deaths. They also estimated that children would use up to 14,000 acute hospital beds and 2,000 ICU beds daily during a high-incidence season.<\/p>\nIf influenza vaccine uptake increased to 70% for a season, Mould-Quevedo and Nguyen calculated that health care utilization could be cut in half. During a high-incidence season, 70% coverage would prevent 2.2 million outpatient visits, 30,494 hospitalizations and 123 deaths. In a low-incidence season, higher vaccine uptake could have even stronger impacts, preventing nearly 1.4 million outpatient visits, 15,783 hospitalizations and 63 deaths. <\/p>\n\u201cIf we are able to achieve the Healthy People objective with a 70% immunization rate, that will substantially reduce the burden of outpatient visits and ease the pressure on the health care infrastructure,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Joaquin F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo, PhD, <\/b>is senior director of global health economics and value strategy at CSL Seqirus. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH, <\/b>is CEO of VHN Consulting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n
\n Receive an email when new articles are posted on \n <\/p>\n\n Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n “ \n data-action=”subscribe”> \n Subscribe \n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.<\/strong> <\/p>\nBack to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nResearchers modeled the number of pediatric health care visits, hospitalizations and deaths with varying immunization rates.<\/li>\nCompared with the 50% coverage, 70% coverage could halve pediatric influenza deaths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBOSTON \u2014 Increasing influenza vaccination coverage to 70% could prevent more than 30,000 pediatric hospitalizations and 123 pediatric deaths, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.<\/p>\nThe Healthy People 2030 initiative, launched by HHS in 2020, set a goal of achieving 70% coverage among all people aged 6 months and older.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Data derived from Nguyen VH, et al. Modeling the impact of pediatric influenza vaccination rates on U.S. health care resource utilization. Presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting; April 24-27, 2026; Boston.<\/i> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\nHowever, CDC data reveal that pediatric vaccination rates have been steadily falling since the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage among children aged 6 months through 17 years was 63.7% by the end of the 2019-2020 influenza season. In contrast, coverage at the end of the 2024-2025 season was 50.2%.<\/p>\n\u201cLower vaccination uptake among children is associated with increased health care visits and hospitalizations and can accelerate influenza transmission across age groups, placing additional strain on health care resources,\u201d Joaquin <\/b>F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo<\/b>, PhD,<\/b> a global health researcher at CSL Seqirus, said in a press release. \u201cThis trend is particularly concerning following the 2024-2025 U.S. influenza season, which was marked by 293 reported pediatric deaths \u2014 the highest number since reporting began.\u201d<\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH,<\/b> a pharmaceutical consultant and one of the presenting authors, explained to PAS attendees how he and Mould-Quevedo set up their study to show how pediatric immunization rates would affect health care utilization. They built a model to estimate pediatric health care utilization during a high-incidence season (2017-2018) and a low-incidence season (2011-2012). They projected the number of pediatric outpatient visits, hospitalizations and deaths with vaccination rates ranging from 50% to 70%. They used a vaccine effectiveness rate of 58%, which was based on the average effectiveness from the last 10 years of CDC data.<\/p>\nWith the current influenza vaccine coverage of 50%, the researchers estimated that more than 4.4 million children would need outpatient care, 59,000 would be hospitalized and 234 would die during a high-incidence season. During a low-incidence season, they projected 1.5 million pediatric outpatient visits, 18,000 hospital admissions and 70 deaths. They also estimated that children would use up to 14,000 acute hospital beds and 2,000 ICU beds daily during a high-incidence season.<\/p>\nIf influenza vaccine uptake increased to 70% for a season, Mould-Quevedo and Nguyen calculated that health care utilization could be cut in half. During a high-incidence season, 70% coverage would prevent 2.2 million outpatient visits, 30,494 hospitalizations and 123 deaths. In a low-incidence season, higher vaccine uptake could have even stronger impacts, preventing nearly 1.4 million outpatient visits, 15,783 hospitalizations and 63 deaths. <\/p>\n\u201cIf we are able to achieve the Healthy People objective with a 70% immunization rate, that will substantially reduce the burden of outpatient visits and ease the pressure on the health care infrastructure,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Joaquin F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo, PhD, <\/b>is senior director of global health economics and value strategy at CSL Seqirus. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH, <\/b>is CEO of VHN Consulting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n
“ \n data-action=”subscribe”> \n Subscribe \n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.<\/strong> <\/p>\nBack to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nResearchers modeled the number of pediatric health care visits, hospitalizations and deaths with varying immunization rates.<\/li>\nCompared with the 50% coverage, 70% coverage could halve pediatric influenza deaths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBOSTON \u2014 Increasing influenza vaccination coverage to 70% could prevent more than 30,000 pediatric hospitalizations and 123 pediatric deaths, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.<\/p>\nThe Healthy People 2030 initiative, launched by HHS in 2020, set a goal of achieving 70% coverage among all people aged 6 months and older.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Data derived from Nguyen VH, et al. Modeling the impact of pediatric influenza vaccination rates on U.S. health care resource utilization. Presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting; April 24-27, 2026; Boston.<\/i> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\nHowever, CDC data reveal that pediatric vaccination rates have been steadily falling since the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage among children aged 6 months through 17 years was 63.7% by the end of the 2019-2020 influenza season. In contrast, coverage at the end of the 2024-2025 season was 50.2%.<\/p>\n\u201cLower vaccination uptake among children is associated with increased health care visits and hospitalizations and can accelerate influenza transmission across age groups, placing additional strain on health care resources,\u201d Joaquin <\/b>F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo<\/b>, PhD,<\/b> a global health researcher at CSL Seqirus, said in a press release. \u201cThis trend is particularly concerning following the 2024-2025 U.S. influenza season, which was marked by 293 reported pediatric deaths \u2014 the highest number since reporting began.\u201d<\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH,<\/b> a pharmaceutical consultant and one of the presenting authors, explained to PAS attendees how he and Mould-Quevedo set up their study to show how pediatric immunization rates would affect health care utilization. They built a model to estimate pediatric health care utilization during a high-incidence season (2017-2018) and a low-incidence season (2011-2012). They projected the number of pediatric outpatient visits, hospitalizations and deaths with vaccination rates ranging from 50% to 70%. They used a vaccine effectiveness rate of 58%, which was based on the average effectiveness from the last 10 years of CDC data.<\/p>\nWith the current influenza vaccine coverage of 50%, the researchers estimated that more than 4.4 million children would need outpatient care, 59,000 would be hospitalized and 234 would die during a high-incidence season. During a low-incidence season, they projected 1.5 million pediatric outpatient visits, 18,000 hospital admissions and 70 deaths. They also estimated that children would use up to 14,000 acute hospital beds and 2,000 ICU beds daily during a high-incidence season.<\/p>\nIf influenza vaccine uptake increased to 70% for a season, Mould-Quevedo and Nguyen calculated that health care utilization could be cut in half. During a high-incidence season, 70% coverage would prevent 2.2 million outpatient visits, 30,494 hospitalizations and 123 deaths. In a low-incidence season, higher vaccine uptake could have even stronger impacts, preventing nearly 1.4 million outpatient visits, 15,783 hospitalizations and 63 deaths. <\/p>\n\u201cIf we are able to achieve the Healthy People objective with a 70% immunization rate, that will substantially reduce the burden of outpatient visits and ease the pressure on the health care infrastructure,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Joaquin F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo, PhD, <\/b>is senior director of global health economics and value strategy at CSL Seqirus. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH, <\/b>is CEO of VHN Consulting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n
Back to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nResearchers modeled the number of pediatric health care visits, hospitalizations and deaths with varying immunization rates.<\/li>\nCompared with the 50% coverage, 70% coverage could halve pediatric influenza deaths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBOSTON \u2014 Increasing influenza vaccination coverage to 70% could prevent more than 30,000 pediatric hospitalizations and 123 pediatric deaths, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.<\/p>\nThe Healthy People 2030 initiative, launched by HHS in 2020, set a goal of achieving 70% coverage among all people aged 6 months and older.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Data derived from Nguyen VH, et al. Modeling the impact of pediatric influenza vaccination rates on U.S. health care resource utilization. Presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting; April 24-27, 2026; Boston.<\/i> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\nHowever, CDC data reveal that pediatric vaccination rates have been steadily falling since the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage among children aged 6 months through 17 years was 63.7% by the end of the 2019-2020 influenza season. In contrast, coverage at the end of the 2024-2025 season was 50.2%.<\/p>\n\u201cLower vaccination uptake among children is associated with increased health care visits and hospitalizations and can accelerate influenza transmission across age groups, placing additional strain on health care resources,\u201d Joaquin <\/b>F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo<\/b>, PhD,<\/b> a global health researcher at CSL Seqirus, said in a press release. \u201cThis trend is particularly concerning following the 2024-2025 U.S. influenza season, which was marked by 293 reported pediatric deaths \u2014 the highest number since reporting began.\u201d<\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH,<\/b> a pharmaceutical consultant and one of the presenting authors, explained to PAS attendees how he and Mould-Quevedo set up their study to show how pediatric immunization rates would affect health care utilization. They built a model to estimate pediatric health care utilization during a high-incidence season (2017-2018) and a low-incidence season (2011-2012). They projected the number of pediatric outpatient visits, hospitalizations and deaths with vaccination rates ranging from 50% to 70%. They used a vaccine effectiveness rate of 58%, which was based on the average effectiveness from the last 10 years of CDC data.<\/p>\nWith the current influenza vaccine coverage of 50%, the researchers estimated that more than 4.4 million children would need outpatient care, 59,000 would be hospitalized and 234 would die during a high-incidence season. During a low-incidence season, they projected 1.5 million pediatric outpatient visits, 18,000 hospital admissions and 70 deaths. They also estimated that children would use up to 14,000 acute hospital beds and 2,000 ICU beds daily during a high-incidence season.<\/p>\nIf influenza vaccine uptake increased to 70% for a season, Mould-Quevedo and Nguyen calculated that health care utilization could be cut in half. During a high-incidence season, 70% coverage would prevent 2.2 million outpatient visits, 30,494 hospitalizations and 123 deaths. In a low-incidence season, higher vaccine uptake could have even stronger impacts, preventing nearly 1.4 million outpatient visits, 15,783 hospitalizations and 63 deaths. <\/p>\n\u201cIf we are able to achieve the Healthy People objective with a 70% immunization rate, that will substantially reduce the burden of outpatient visits and ease the pressure on the health care infrastructure,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Joaquin F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo, PhD, <\/b>is senior director of global health economics and value strategy at CSL Seqirus. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH, <\/b>is CEO of VHN Consulting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n
BOSTON \u2014 Increasing influenza vaccination coverage to 70% could prevent more than 30,000 pediatric hospitalizations and 123 pediatric deaths, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.<\/p>\n
The Healthy People 2030 initiative, launched by HHS in 2020, set a goal of achieving 70% coverage among all people aged 6 months and older.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Data derived from Nguyen VH, et al. Modeling the impact of pediatric influenza vaccination rates on U.S. health care resource utilization. Presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting; April 24-27, 2026; Boston.<\/i> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\nHowever, CDC data reveal that pediatric vaccination rates have been steadily falling since the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage among children aged 6 months through 17 years was 63.7% by the end of the 2019-2020 influenza season. In contrast, coverage at the end of the 2024-2025 season was 50.2%.<\/p>\n\u201cLower vaccination uptake among children is associated with increased health care visits and hospitalizations and can accelerate influenza transmission across age groups, placing additional strain on health care resources,\u201d Joaquin <\/b>F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo<\/b>, PhD,<\/b> a global health researcher at CSL Seqirus, said in a press release. \u201cThis trend is particularly concerning following the 2024-2025 U.S. influenza season, which was marked by 293 reported pediatric deaths \u2014 the highest number since reporting began.\u201d<\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH,<\/b> a pharmaceutical consultant and one of the presenting authors, explained to PAS attendees how he and Mould-Quevedo set up their study to show how pediatric immunization rates would affect health care utilization. They built a model to estimate pediatric health care utilization during a high-incidence season (2017-2018) and a low-incidence season (2011-2012). They projected the number of pediatric outpatient visits, hospitalizations and deaths with vaccination rates ranging from 50% to 70%. They used a vaccine effectiveness rate of 58%, which was based on the average effectiveness from the last 10 years of CDC data.<\/p>\nWith the current influenza vaccine coverage of 50%, the researchers estimated that more than 4.4 million children would need outpatient care, 59,000 would be hospitalized and 234 would die during a high-incidence season. During a low-incidence season, they projected 1.5 million pediatric outpatient visits, 18,000 hospital admissions and 70 deaths. They also estimated that children would use up to 14,000 acute hospital beds and 2,000 ICU beds daily during a high-incidence season.<\/p>\nIf influenza vaccine uptake increased to 70% for a season, Mould-Quevedo and Nguyen calculated that health care utilization could be cut in half. During a high-incidence season, 70% coverage would prevent 2.2 million outpatient visits, 30,494 hospitalizations and 123 deaths. In a low-incidence season, higher vaccine uptake could have even stronger impacts, preventing nearly 1.4 million outpatient visits, 15,783 hospitalizations and 63 deaths. <\/p>\n\u201cIf we are able to achieve the Healthy People objective with a 70% immunization rate, that will substantially reduce the burden of outpatient visits and ease the pressure on the health care infrastructure,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Joaquin F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo, PhD, <\/b>is senior director of global health economics and value strategy at CSL Seqirus. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n Van H. Nguyen, MPH, <\/b>is CEO of VHN Consulting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n
However, CDC data reveal that pediatric vaccination rates have been steadily falling since the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage among children aged 6 months through 17 years was 63.7% by the end of the 2019-2020 influenza season. In contrast, coverage at the end of the 2024-2025 season was 50.2%.<\/p>\n
\u201cLower vaccination uptake among children is associated with increased health care visits and hospitalizations and can accelerate influenza transmission across age groups, placing additional strain on health care resources,\u201d Joaquin <\/b>F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo<\/b>, PhD,<\/b> a global health researcher at CSL Seqirus, said in a press release. \u201cThis trend is particularly concerning following the 2024-2025 U.S. influenza season, which was marked by 293 reported pediatric deaths \u2014 the highest number since reporting began.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van H. Nguyen, MPH,<\/b> a pharmaceutical consultant and one of the presenting authors, explained to PAS attendees how he and Mould-Quevedo set up their study to show how pediatric immunization rates would affect health care utilization. They built a model to estimate pediatric health care utilization during a high-incidence season (2017-2018) and a low-incidence season (2011-2012). They projected the number of pediatric outpatient visits, hospitalizations and deaths with vaccination rates ranging from 50% to 70%. They used a vaccine effectiveness rate of 58%, which was based on the average effectiveness from the last 10 years of CDC data.<\/p>\n
With the current influenza vaccine coverage of 50%, the researchers estimated that more than 4.4 million children would need outpatient care, 59,000 would be hospitalized and 234 would die during a high-incidence season. During a low-incidence season, they projected 1.5 million pediatric outpatient visits, 18,000 hospital admissions and 70 deaths. They also estimated that children would use up to 14,000 acute hospital beds and 2,000 ICU beds daily during a high-incidence season.<\/p>\n
If influenza vaccine uptake increased to 70% for a season, Mould-Quevedo and Nguyen calculated that health care utilization could be cut in half. During a high-incidence season, 70% coverage would prevent 2.2 million outpatient visits, 30,494 hospitalizations and 123 deaths. In a low-incidence season, higher vaccine uptake could have even stronger impacts, preventing nearly 1.4 million outpatient visits, 15,783 hospitalizations and 63 deaths. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf we are able to achieve the Healthy People objective with a 70% immunization rate, that will substantially reduce the burden of outpatient visits and ease the pressure on the health care infrastructure,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/p>\n
Joaquin F. <\/b>Mould<\/b>-Quevedo, PhD, <\/b>is senior director of global health economics and value strategy at CSL Seqirus. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n
Van H. Nguyen, MPH, <\/b>is CEO of VHN Consulting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com. <\/p>\n