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Vaccination exemption rates for US kindergartners hit record high
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Key Points:
- The CDC reported a continued decline in vaccination rates among kindergartners for the 2025-2026 school year, with the MMR vaccine rate dropping slightly to 92.4%.
- Nonmedical exemptions for vaccines reached a record 4% nationwide, contributing to an overall increase in exemptions for at least one vaccine.
- Among 46 states with sufficient data, 42 experienced a rise in nonmedical exemption rates, and 23 states had exemption rates of 5% or higher.
- The data release follows President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at revising child vaccination guidelines to space out vaccines.
- Approximately 280,000 kindergartners nationwide were not vaccinated against MMR according to the latest CDC figures.
