While state vaccination levels remain high and exemption levels remain low, the CDC found clusters of undervaccination and exemptions at the local level. As a result, vaccine-preventable diseases might be easily transmitted within those communities, the CDC noted. “Local data are essential to ...
"At a time where we have an increased number of cases in the United States, it's really incumbent on patients to get the vaccines, for physicians, health care professionals to recommend these vaccines, and for the parents to ensure they protect their children," said Mirza Rahman, MD, MPH...
that rate has increased slightly, this time to 2.2%. Only 0.2% had exemptions for medical reasons. Although CDC scientists couldn’t pinpoint the reason for that increase, they suspected “the ease of the procedure for obtaining exemptions ...
"Overall, 3.0% of kindergartners had an exemption (0.2% medical and 2.8% nonmedical) from one or more required vaccines," the report noted. "Nonmedical exemptions account for (greater than) 90% of reported exemptions, and approximately 100% of the increase in the national exemption rate." ...
Still, thousands of people are said to have religious exemptions for vaccines in New York. On Monday, Rockland County officials rallied at the state capitol in Albany in support of a state Senate bill that would ban religious exemptions to vaccinations. “A mixture of complacency, misinformation,...
CDC: School Vaccination Exemptions Highest Ever Among Kindergartners November 12, 2023The Center Square A record high number of kindergartners started last school year with an exemption from one of the vaccines U.S. health authorities require. ...
medical journals. Even previously prestigious journals like JAMA, NEJM, etc are shamefully allowing Big Pharma mercenaries to get their pseudoscience published. The money behind Big Pharma’s advertising gives for-profit corporate entities the influence to promote their toxic drugs a...
The decline has not come with a corresponding rise in parents getting nonmedical exemptions from vaccination requirements, CDC officials said, suggesting some kids may still be able to get caught up on their shots. "Many of these children are attending school under a policy that's consi...
Back in 2019, 3% of kindergartners had an exemption in Georgia from at least one vaccine, which was the same overall percentage for the U.S. During the 2021-222 year, exemptions rose to 5%, falling to 4% during the 2022-2023 year, the most recent school year available. The national ...
Although all states require vaccination as a condition for entry to school, most also allow exemptions for families with non-medical philosophical or religious objections. Overall, childhood vaccination levels remain at or near historically high levels, with under 1% of toddlers receiving no vaccines....