Childhood vaccination rates for the 2024-25 school year fell for the fifth year in a row, according to data from the Centers ...

The percentage of kids who didn't get their recommended childhood vaccines rose again last school year, continuing the ...

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all ...

Non-medical exemptions rose from 2.2 percent before the pandemic (2019–2020) to 3.1 percent in 2023–2024 and now to the all-time high of 3.4 percent in the 2024–2025 school year. Medical exemptions, ...

Georgia's MMR vaccination rates for kindergarteners have fallen from 93.6% in 2019-20 to 88.4% in 2023-24, pushing children further from the 95% rate needed for herd immunity.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced this week that the number of kindergarteners starting school without being ...

But childhood vaccination rates have declined nationwide since the pandemic and more parents are claiming religious or personal conscience waivers to exempt their kids from required shots.