
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined for the second year in a row, leaving hundreds of thousands of young children vulnerable to dangerous infectious diseases, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.About 93% of kindergarteners had their required vaccinations during the 2021-2022 school year, including the measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis, polio and chickenpox vaccines, according to a new study published Jan. 13 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.That’s down from 94% nationwide during the 2020-2021 school year and 95% for the 2019-2020 school year, the report found.“While this might not sound significant, it means nearly...