Kindergarten MMR vaccine coverage still below ideal rate to prevent outbreaks: CDC

 https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6033790-mmr-vaccine-coverage-falls-below-target/

Vaccination coverage for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) among kindergarteners in the U.S. remains below the ideal rate needed to best prevent widespread outbreaks, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the number of exemptions going up.

The CDC on Monday released the latest figures on vaccine coverage among kindergarteners during the 2025-26 school year, finding that 92.4 percent of students had received the MMR vaccine.

The ideal rate required to prevent widespread outbreaks is considered to be 95 percent. The U.S. has been steadily falling away from this coverage rate since the 2019-20 school year, when the coverage rate was 95.2 percent. Since then, the rate has remained below 94 percent.