Kindergarten Vaccine Rates Continue Downward Trend

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.

Kindergarten vaccine rates continue downward trend

The National Association of School Nurses says it's "deeply concerned" with the Trump administration's goal to reform the childhood vaccine schedule.

CDC reports increase in kindergarten vaccine exemptions

For the 2025-2026 school year, exemptions from one or more vaccines among U.S. kindergartners was at 4.2%, increasing from 3.6% for the previous school year, according to data released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Exemptions rose in 41 states and Washington, D.C. Vaccination coverage declined for all reported vaccines from the previous year. Coverage with the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR; diphtheria, tetanus…