See how effective vaccines have been in eradicating preventable diseases.
Routine vaccination rates are rapidly declining in much of the US. In the 2019–2020 school year, three states had less than 90 percent of K–12 students vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella. By the 2023–2024 school year, 14 states had fallen below that threshold. Now, the number of US measles cases more than quadrupled from 2023 to 2024.
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