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Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Plummet | Odessa News
Kindergarten vaccination rates in the U.S. hit a new low last year, with 4.2% of kids exempt—up from 3.6% the prior year—putting 155,000 children at risk. This four-year climb is fueled by federal guidance confusion, causing parental uncertainty and dropping coverage for key vaccines like measles, mumps, rubella, polio, and chickenpox. With only 92.4% of kindergartners fully vaccinated against measles (down from 95%), and outbreaks surging to their worst level since 1991, unvaccinated kids are clustering unevenly, fueling localized epidemics. While states require shots, non-medical exemptions…
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