Record number of U.S. kindergartners did not get recommended vaccines

In yet another sign that childhood vaccinations can't be taken for granted, new government data shows that a record number of kindergartners were exempted from the required shots during the last school year.

That leaves more than 125,000 new students without the protection of at least one childhood vaccine, even as measles vaccination rates among kindergartners have already fallen below a federal target for four years running, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

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