Child vaccination rates declined during COVID-19 pandemic
Share this article Share this article PASADENA, Calif., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The numbers of recommended vaccine doses, including measles vaccine, administered to children decreased dramatically after the declaration of a national state of emergency on March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics. While the decrease was lower and recovered in children under 2 years of age, it was more severe and persistent in older children. "When vaccination rates decline, we worry about an increase in vaccine-preventable diseases that ...
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