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CDC reports highest kindergarten vaccine exemption rates ever in the U.S.

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Exemptions increased in 41 states, exceeding 5% in 10 states — Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin

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  1. NBC News

    CDC reports highest childhood vaccine exemption rate ever in the U.S. (opens NBC News)

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    Forty states saw rises in parents citing religious or other personal concerns for not vaccinating their young children.

  2. CBS News

    School vaccination exemptions now highest on record among kindergartners, CDC reports (opens CBS News)

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    Vaccination exemptions among kindergarten children during the 2022-23 school year increased to 3% — the highest exemption rate ever reported in the United States, the CDC says.

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school attendance vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever.

  4. Local News 8

    Exemptions for required vaccines for US kindergartners reach record high (opens Local News 8)

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    The percentage of kindergartners who received their state-required vaccines for measles remained below the federal target last school year, and the rate of vaccine exemptions for children reached the highest level ever reported in the United States, according to new data published Thursday by the US…

  5. Green Field Reporter

    US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday. More parents are questioning routine childhood vaccinations that they used to automatically accept, an effect of the political …

  6. Washington Post

    CDC data show highest level yet of vaccine exemptions for kindergartners (opens Washington Post)

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    The report underscores the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on routine immunization rates and the lingering consequences for school-age children.

  7. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    U.S. child vaccination exemptions hit record; Hawaii sees biggest jump (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    NEW YORK >> The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said today.

  8. MedicalXpress

    U.S. childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever (opens MedicalXpress)

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    The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

  9. WHDH Boston

    Exemptions for required vaccines for US kindergartners reach record high - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — The percentage of kindergartners who received their state-required vaccines for measles remained below the federal target last school year, and the rate of vaccine exemptions

  10. CNN

    Exemptions for required vaccines for US kindergarteners reach record high (opens CNN)

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    The percentage of kindergarteners who received their state-required vaccines for measles remained below the federal target last school year, and the rate of vaccine exemptions for children reached the highest level ever reported in the United States, according to new data published Thursday by the U…

  11. Deseret News

    CDC reports highest kindergarten vaccine exemption rates ever in the U.S. (opens Deseret News)

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    Exemptions increased in 41 states, exceeding 5% in 10 states — Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin

  12. Fox10 Phoenix

    CDC report: Childhood vaccination exemptions reach all-time high (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS: A new CDC study worries health officials as more parents are opting not to have their children get vaccines.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Vaccination exemptions hit new high (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

  14. Blaze Media

    Childhood vaccine exemption rate reaches record high: Report (opens Blaze Media)

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report Friday revealing that the childhood vaccine exemption rate reached a record high for the 2022-2023 school year.The CDC found that 3% of children entering kindergarten in the United States were granted a vaccine exemption by their state…

  15. UPI

    Immunization exemptions for kindergartners reach highest level, CDC says (opens UPI)

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    In a sign that suggests many American parents have become dubious about the safety of childhood vaccines, new government data shows that immunization exemptions for kindergartners have reached their highest levels ever.

  16. Fox News

    US sees alarming rise in childhood vaccine exemptions, health officials say (opens Fox News)

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    The U.S. is seeing an influx in children being exempt from school vaccination requirements, health officials say. The rise in exemptions is primarily due to nonmedical reasons.

  17. Anchorage Daily News

    Childhood vaccination exemptions in the U.S. reach their highest level ever (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    More parents are questioning routine childhood vaccinations that they used to automatically accept, an effect of the political schism that emerged during the pandemic around COVID-19 vaccines, experts say.

  18. Hawaiitribune Herald

    US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever - Hawaii Tribune-Herald (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    NEW YORK — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

  19. KSN Wichita

    Kindergarten vaccination exemptions at highest level ever (opens KSN Wichita)

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    The percentage of kindergarteners whose parents opted them out of school-required vaccinations rose to the highest level yet during the 2022-2023 school year, according to new federal data released…

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