vaccinations

Oklahoma’s vaccine exemption rates among kindergartners have risen from 4.7% in the 2022-2023 school year to 5.7% the following year.

Whooping cough cases have nearly quadrupled nationwide since last year, and Oklahoma is seeing those impacts. Here's what you need to know.

The CDC recommended everyone six months and older get an updated COVID vaccine. But getting it hasn’t been easy for some Oklahomans, with appointments canceled day of due to insurance snags and issues finding a place that carries it.

Mistrust and misinformation in the wake of COVID have contributed to Oklahoma now having the highest rate of kindergarten vaccination exemptions in the region, according to state and federal data.

Now that lab testing for COVID is significantly rarer, it’s hard to know how many Oklahomans have the virus.

In the last week, Oklahoma legislators acted on more than 400 bills in the House and Senate. With a committee deadline upon them, they employed numerous procedural methods to push favored legislation forward.

Bills regulating vaccinations were among the most popular filed in the Oklahoma legislature this year and already lawmakers are indicating the extent to which they will go in establishing vaccine policy.

Not sure how long after a COVID exposure to get a test? This question and others are answered in this Q&A with local health officials.

Though vaccines for kids 5 and up have been available for months, less than half of Oklahoma children have gotten vaccinated for COVID-19.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he has no plans on getting a second inoculation after receiving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine back in March.