Peter Hotez

The US already has the most advanced sophisticated system of vaccine monitoring the world has ever seen, with multiple redundant systems in place,

• said Hotez, who is also dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine
  CNNcnn.com/2026/10…Oct 8, 20:23

The real vulnerability is in infants between 6 and 11 months of age, as maternal antibody is waning and they haven’t gotten their first dose of the MMR vaccine,

• said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Dallas
  NBC Newsnbcnews.com/health/health…Aug 26, 21:27

These vaccines are incredibly safe, very effective, and have historically led to the elimination of the diseases they’re designed to prevent,

• Hotez said
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I see this as a ploy to further erode public confidence in vaccines and ensure vaccination rates continue to decline and bring the diseases back, which has already started to happen,

• said Dr. Peter Hotez, a senior fellow in disease and humanity at the Baker Institute at Rice University
  CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Aug 11, 03:23

For all practical purposes measles has returned to the United States, both in terms of cases and hospitalizations, as well as two needless deaths.

• Adds Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine
  Timetime.com/article/2026…Jul 27, 00:00

My neighbors look at me like I’m absolutely nuts the way I’m dressed in this hot weather, but I don’t want to get what Tony got, which is pretty severe illness if you’re over 65 from West Nile,

• said Hotez, director of the Center of Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital
  CNNcnn.com/2026/07…Jul 2, 21:41