US data show ‘concerning decline’ in routine pediatric vaccinations

Data published Thursday in MMWR raised concerns about a decline in routine pediatric vaccinations during the pandemic.
According to the report, during the 2020-2021 school year, national vaccination coverage among kindergarten children dropped from 95% to lower than 94%.
“This might not sound like much, but it amounts to at least 35,000 more children across the United States that entered kindergarten without documentation of complete vaccination against common diseases like measles, whooping cough and chickenpox,” Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH, acting director of the CDC’s

Data published Thursday in MMWR raised concerns about a decline in routine pediatric vaccinations during the pandemic.
According to the report, during the 2020-2021 school year, national vaccination coverage among kindergarten children dropped from 95% to lower than 94%.
“This might not sound like much, but it amounts to at least 35,000 more children across the United States that entered kindergarten without documentation of complete vaccination against common diseases like measles, whooping cough and chickenpox,” Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH, acting director of the CDC’s