GSK reveals 26 million Americans skipped routine vaccinations last year, quantifying widely held suspicions

Americans skipped a lot of vaccine appointments last year—and now GlaxoSmithKline has the numbers to prove it.

More than 26 million doses of recommended vaccines were missed from January through November. By age, adolescents missed 8.8 million vaccines and adults missed another 17.2 million, according to a claims analysis by Avalere Health commissioned by GSK.