Growing number of parents get vaccine exemptions for their kids

If you compare the 2019-20 to the 2023-2003 school year, you would see that the national kindergarten coverage with state-required vaccinations dropped from 95% to approximately 93%.

Exemptions increased in 41 jurisdictions, with 14 reporting that more than 5% of kindergarten-aged children had an exemption from one or more vaccine, according to a new report from the CDC. 

Meanwhile, the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine coverage rate has dropped below 95% in D.C. and Virginia.