{"id":76717,"date":"2024-10-08T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79f78d1eedeec8b602f985350209e5f8"},"modified":"2024-10-08T00:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T00:00:10","slug":"vaccine-exemptions-are-rising-among-kindergarteners-cdc-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/vaccine-exemptions-are-rising-among-kindergarteners-cdc-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccine exemptions are rising among kindergarteners, CDC reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A growing number of kindergarten children are starting school without vaccinations due to rising exemptions, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n
Vaccination rates<\/u><\/span> among kindergarteners decreased during the 2023-2024 school year for all reported vaccines, the agency said. <\/p>\n Exemption rates from one or more vaccines rose to 3.3%, an increase from 3.0% in the prior year, the CDC stated.<\/p>\n COVID VACCINE DISTRUST GROWING AMONG AMERICANS<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Vaccination coverage is currently at 92.7% for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.<\/p>\n Approximately 127,000 children in the U.S. started kindergarten<\/u><\/span> with exemptions from one or more vaccines last year.<\/p>\n