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Kids vaccine exemptions hit record high: CDC data
Exemptions rose to 4.2%, or about 155,000 children, as measles cases reached a 35-year high, CDC data showed.
- On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported kindergarten MMR vaccination coverage fell to 92.4% for the 2025-26 school year, while exemptions climbed to a record 4.2%.
- President Donald Trump issued an executive order on August 10 recommending a reduction in childhood immunizations from 18 to 11 and advising that the MMR vaccine be administered as three separate shots.
- The CDC tracked 2,566 measles cases in 2026, marking a 35-year high, as about 155,000 kindergartners held exemptions from one or more required vaccines while 280,000 began school without documentation of completing their MMR series.
- Health experts including Jennifer Nuzzo, director of Brown University's Pandemic Center, warned that conflicting federal guidance creates "chaos and confusion," potentially undermining confidence in vaccines that have protected generations of children.
- Despite federal recommendations, school immunization requirements remain set at the state level; officials in Maryland and other states confirmed existing childhood vaccination schedules for school attendance will not change.
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Former CDC Adviser Urges Calm as Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Decline
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Former CDC advisor says decline in kindergarten vaccinations nothing to worry about: 'Keep calm and carry on'
Robert Malone says the 0.1% decline in kindergarten vaccination rates shown in new CDC data is not alarming, despite rising vaccine exemptions and a measles outbreak.
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