HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Vaccination rates among kindergarteners in Hawaii are down. According to the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, about 89% of kindergarteners were vaccinated for the 2025-2026 school year, a drop from 92% the previous school year.
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Hawaii kindergarten vaccine rates fall to 89% for 2025-26 school year
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Kindergarten Routine Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline
Vaccination coverage for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) among kindergarteners in the U.S. remains below the ideal rate needed to best prevent widespread outbreaks, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the number of exemptions going up.
The number of parents in the U.S. choosing not to vaccinate their children rose dramatically in the last school year, according to data released Monday by the CDC.
Vaccination rates among American kindergartners decreased during the 2025-2026 school year for all tracked vaccines , the Centers for Disease Control reported on Monday. Exemptions from getting one or more vaccines increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia, growing to 4.2% from 3.
Roughly 4% of kindergartners in the US were given a nonmedical exemption for at least one vaccine during the 2025-26 school year, an 18% jump from the previous year.
U.S. kindergarten vaccination coverage fell 0.1% during the 2025-2026 school year, continuing a downward trend that has seen declines every year except one since the onset of COVID-19, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Monday.
This is the first data for kindergartners who have enrolled into U.S. schools since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, became the country's health secretary.
The number of U.S. kindergartners starting school without being fully immunized continues to rise, as more families forgo the protective shots despite outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses.
Kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit a record high last year in the U.S., according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Dr. Celine Gounder breaks it down.
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Vaccination rates among kindergarteners in Hawaii are down. According to the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, about 89% of kindergarteners were vaccinated for the 2025-2026 school year, a drop from 92% the previous school year.
This issue brief provides an update on the latest trends in kindergarten children's routine vaccination and exemption rates. Over three-quarters of states had measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination rates below the “target” rate of 95% for the 2025-2026 school year.
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