91.9% of children have received measles vaccination

As measles continues to spread throughout the U.S. in a way the nation hasn’t really seen since 2000 (in January alone there were 102 confirmed measles cases), the debate about vaccines in general and the right to abstain from vaccination has continued to heat up.

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Laura Dyrda

Nationally, 91.9 percent of children aged 19 to 35 months have received the recommended dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. But some parents choose to not vaccinate their children against illnesses like measles, for various reasons.

Read full coverage on the measles outbreak and vaccination debate on this Becker’s Hospital Review report.

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