US EditionK-12 Vaccination Rates in WA Dropped Again
COLORADO, UNITED STATES, JUL 23 – The CDC reports a national decline in measles cases with just 10 new infections last week and 99 hospitalizations during the outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates.
- Washington’s K-12 vaccination rates dropped again in the 2024-2025 school year, marking a fifth consecutive year of decline.
- This drop follows a national trend of declining vaccination rates since the COVID-19 pandemic amid rising vaccine skepticism, including among Native American communities.
- About 89.6% of Washington students were up-to-date on required vaccines including measles, below the 95% herd immunity threshold, with declines in 30 of 39 counties.
- The U.S. recorded 1,319 confirmed measles cases in 2025 with three deaths, mostly unvaccinated and concentrated in Texas, highlighting ongoing disease spread and vaccination gaps.
- Health officials urge families to vaccinate promptly as measles outbreaks persist nationwide and vaccination exemptions rise, stressing state immunization requirements for school attendance.
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Colorado health officials say the state’s measles outbreak is over and that the U.S. added only 10 nationally confirmed cases in the last week. Wednesday’s national case count was 1319, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Earlier this month, the U.S. surpassed the total count of 2019, when the country nearly lost its country status with measles eliminated. The vast majority of cases this year come from Texas, where a ma…
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Health officials in Colorado reported that the state's measles outbreak has ended, while only 10 confirmed cases were added nationwide in the last week. The U.S. case count stood at 1,319 on Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Earlier this month, the U.S. surpassed the total count from 2019, when the country nearly lost its status as having eliminated measles. The vast majority of this year's cases come …
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