How to Use vaccine hesitancy in a Sentence

vaccine hesitancy

noun
  • In fact, vaccine hesitancy is now viewed as among the greatest threats to global health.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
  • So, even though in your state, these- the vaccine hesitancy is measurably there.
    — CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • But as vaccine hesitancy has increased over time, fewer kids are getting their shots.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Putting concerns about vaccine hesitancy to rest through both words and actions would go a long way in accomplishing those goals.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In turn, this could have the effect of increasing the public’s vaccine hesitancy.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • The list of grants related to vaccine hesitancy that officials were told to cancel targets dozens of projects.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The pattern of vaccine hesitancy was surprising to many.
    — Tyler Evans, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • Yet research suggests that this kind of general myth-busting alone does not reduce vaccine hesitancy.
    — Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • For now, the study is just the beginning of the work to quantify and understand vaccine hesitancy among pet owners.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Indeed, while vaccine hesitancy has grown, so has vaccine reverence.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Nashville doctors and scientists expressed concern that this change could lead to vaccine hesitancy and public health risks.
    — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Nov. 2025
  • But not all are for staunchly anti-vaccine reasons or even because of vaccine hesitancy, Thorpe said.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The group also maintained that mistrust about such arrangements can contribute to vaccine hesitancy.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 17 Aug. 2023
  • One obstacle to eradicating the virus has been vaccine hesitancy, and even violence against health workers.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Also on the chopping block were 40 grants focused on vaccine hesitancy and ways to increase vaccine acceptance.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • His last article for the magazine was on vaccine hesitancy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Increasing vaccine hesitancy is just one factor.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Addressing vaccine hesitancy depends at least in part on messaging, which has changed with the administration in power—and can again.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 May 2026
  • The lack of data on the differences in reactions also potentially puts females at risk and may increase their vaccine hesitancy.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 6 Oct. 2023
  • What erodes trust is not presumption, but the failure to listen, to acknowledge fear and identity, and to recognize that vaccine hesitancy is rarely about data alone.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The slow response played out in booster vaccinations as well, though the BOP spokesperson said vaccine hesitancy played a role there.
    — Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 23 May 2023
  • Amid a growing trend of vaccine hesitancy around the world, Romania's experience paints a cautionary tale.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
  • That number rose to 2,280 cases in 2025, a surge linked to growing vaccine hesitancy.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In fact, amid broader vaccine hesitancy following the pandemic, the CDC held focus groups to craft a new message.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In conclusion, the reappearance of measles and the trend toward vaccine hesitancy demands a motivated response.
    — Peyton Teske, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
  • This could inform public health policy and lead to higher levels of vaccine hesitancy, without the research going checked by scientists and public health experts.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The National Institutes of Health halted funding for researchers who study vaccine hesitancy and hoped to find ways to overcome it.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • While 63% of healthcare professionals have observed changes over the past five years, 28% report a sharp increase in vaccine hesitancy within just the last year.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Worried pediatricians urged Cassidy to block Kennedy from the job, blaming Kennedy for a rise in vaccine hesitancy among parents.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Some journalists and researchers have since argued that the paper played a major role in inspiring MMR vaccine hesitancy.
    — Dominik Stecuła, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2025

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