More Oregon students are missing vaccines, worrying health officials

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Oregon health authorities are worried about an infectious disease raging through schools, with almost one in 10 kindergarteners missing at least one required vaccination.

The Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday that nearly 9% of the state’s kindergartners had a nonmedical exemption this year, forgoing at least one of the required shots. That compares with about 8% in 2023 and almost 7% in 2022, marking the second consecutive yearly increase in the unvaccinated rate.

Last school year, Oregon had the second highest nonmedical exemption rate in the country after Idaho at 12%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The trend worries Stacy de Assis Matthews, who oversees state immunization data.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/05/21/more-oregon-students-are-missing-vaccines-worrying-health-officials/