At the start of the 2019–2020 school year, vaccination rates for incoming kindergartners across the country were about 95%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the start of 2022–2023 school ...
Apr 1, 2024
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The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
Nov 9, 2023
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More than half the children who attend Munchkin Land Daycare near Billings, Montana, have special needs or compromised immune systems. The kids, who range in age from four months to nine years, have conditions that include ...
Nov 7, 2023
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A recent survey found that 41% of adults in the U.S. have debt caused by medical or dental bills.
Jun 6, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Spatial clustering of exemptions to measles vaccination reduces protection from outbreaks, according to a study published online Dec. 6 in Pediatrics.
Dec 6, 2021
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With just weeks remaining before federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the federal government on Monday outlined procedures for employees to request medical or religious exemptions from President Joe Biden's ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Parents in Kansas City who don't want their children to wear masks in school despite mandates are swapping names of local physicians and nurse practitioners they claim will sign medical exemptions for families.
Aug 16, 2021
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A US federal judge on Monday upheld a university's decision to require its students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the first ruling on an increasingly divisive issue ahead of the new school year.
Jul 20, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Eligible practitioners who are licensed and registered to prescribe controlled substances are now exempt from certain statutory certification requirements related to training, counseling, and other ancillary ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Overall, 2.3 percent of kindergarteners were not up to date with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination and did not have an exemption in the 2019 to 2020 school year, according to research published in the Jan. 22 ...
Jan 22, 2021
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