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Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence
Michigan's toddler vaccination series completion rate dropped nearly 3 percentage points to 66.5%, with white and Hispanic toddlers most affected amid policy shifts and immigration enforcement.
- This year, Michigan's toddler series completion rate fell nearly three percentage points to 66.5% from January 2025 to January this year, Reuters analysis shows.
- Ousting and replacing CDC advisory members led to votes that reduced routine childhood shot recommendations, with Kennedy's administration elevating anti-vaccine messaging within the federal government.
- State data show the seven-shot series among white toddlers dropped four points to 67.5%, reflecting demographic gaps, with about 4,500 additional toddlers at risk.
- Because Michigan publishes monthly updates, its data act as an early indicator while a national estimate isn't expected until later this year, and the decline is about 13 times larger than the average over the last 18 years, Kiang said.
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Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence
Vaccination rates among young children in Michigan dropped sharply during the first year of the Trump administration, a Reuters analysis of state data shows, providing an early indication of how vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is influencing immunization practices in the United States.
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