France Expands 2026 Vaccination Rules Amid Resurgence
France is expanding its vaccination rules in response to a resurgence of preventable diseases. A group of 300 experts has warned against the growing denial of vaccination benefits, which they argue is leading to increased health risks. The new vaccination schedule includes mandatory meningococcal vaccinations for children and expanded HPV vaccinations for young adults.
- ▪The French Ministry of Health has updated the vaccination schedule for 2026 to include mandatory meningococcal vaccinations for children born after 2023.
- ▪Vaccination against HPV infections is now available for all young men and women up to their 26th birthday.
- ▪Experts warn that scientific denialism is contributing to a resurgence of measles and other infectious diseases.
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In an opinion piece published in Le Parisien, a French daily newspaper, during European Immunization Week in April 2026, some 300 researchers, physicians, writers, journalists, leaders of scientific institutions, members of parliament, and civil society figures warn that what science has long established is now being challenged. They say childhood immunization programs that once protected millions are being abandoned and that the alleged link between vaccines and autism — a claim repeatedly and rigorously dismissed by the international scientific community — is being portrayed to the public as if it were credible.
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