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Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks
Most states require childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps, tetanus, rubella, chickenpox and whooping cough.
- 10 October 2025
- 5 min read
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The Conversation
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More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in childhood vaccination rates, a trend that began in 2019, according to a September 2025 NBC News–Stanford University investigation . The report also found a “large swa... See more
The Conversation — Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday – about half of them at birth. About 90% of that sub... See more
