Childhood immunizations in the US drop again, leaving children at risk of preventable diseases
Childhood immunizations in the US fell for the second year in a row, leaving hundreds of thousands of children vulnerable to otherwise preventable diseases.On Thursday, the The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 93% of children entering kindergarten during the 2021-22 school year were fully vaccinated. That's a 1 percentage point drop from the previous school year, when 94% of children had received all of their immunizations. forced to attend public school and meant to protect them from a variety of diseases, including measles, polio, tetanus, and chickenpox.Before the pandemic, in the fall of 2019, 95% of kindergarten…
