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A quiet rise in unvaccinated children could put the U.S. at risk of outbreaks

By Jamie Leventhal

For the third consecutive year, unvaccinated communities have grown, the CDC reported Thursday. One school in Oregon has toddler vaccination rates lower than those in Venezuela.

What's happened since California let fewer families reject vaccines

By Laura Santhanam

All 50 states require vaccinations for students entering public school. But the vast majority also give families the ability to opt out of those vaccinations for personal or religious reasons.

The autism rate is on the rise, CDC says. Here's what that actually means

By Nsikan Akpan, Hannah Grabenstein

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the prevalence of autism is slightly higher than previously thought, but does it mean autism is becoming more common?…

Flu season arrives early and may peak during the holidays

By Helen Branswell, STAT

If you have been planning to get a flu shot but just haven’t gotten around to it yet, the time to act is now — especially if you hope to be healthy at Christmas.

Mumps cases balloon in 2016, raising debate about need for booster vaccines

By Rebecca Smith, Side Effects Public Media

Mumps is back, and is having its worst year in a decade, fueled in part by its spread on college campuses.

In Haiti, are 1 million doses of cholera vaccine enough to stop an outbreak?

By Larisa Epatko

When Hurricane Matthew steamrolled southern Haiti earlier this month, it wiped out houses, bridges and roads. It also decimated sanitation systems, putting the Caribbean island nation at risk of worsening cholera outbreaks.

Flu winds down as FDA aims for better vaccine next winter

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The miserable flu season is winding down but not quite over yet, health officials said Wednesday, even the government picked what it hoped would be a better vaccine recipe for next fall and winter.

Rand Paul's vaccine claims under microscope

By Thomas Beaumont, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

As a medical doctor, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has a rare set of credentials at the intersection of science and politics. But the glare of the 2016 presidential race is searing, and under it, Paul had a rough week.

Shields and Brooks on the politics of vaccination, using religion to justify evil acts

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Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

DENVER — As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans.