Childhood Vaccinations in the U.S. Fall for the Second Year in a Row: 'This Is Alarming'
Photo: Getty The CDCstudy foundthat among kindergarten-aged children, 93% received state-required vaccinations last year againstmeasles, polio and other diseases; a drop from 94% in the previous school year and 95% in the 2019-2020 school year. The CDC noted that this decline means that around 250,000 kindergartners are left potentially unprotected against measles, which is the most contagious virus in the world. Outbreaks of diseases that were previously under control are beginning to pop up as vaccination rates slip: In addition tomeasles casesin central Ohio, a single polio case in New York led topositive samples of the virusbeing discovered in wastewater last year....