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Schools reported the highest rate ever for students claiming nonmedical exemptions from the state’s school vaccination requirements, according to the Oregon Health Authority's (OHA) latest data.
Schools reported the highest rate ever for students claiming nonmedical exemptions from the state’s school vaccination requirements, according to the Oregon Health Authority's (OHA) latest data.
Oregon health authorities worry that an infectious disease will sweep through schools at a time when almost 1 in 10 kindergarteners is missing at least one required vaccination.
Last school year, Oregon had the second highest non-medical vaccination exemption rate in the country after Idaho at 12%.
Oregon schools report nonmedical vaccination exemptions for kindergarteners have reached a record high.