Department of Pediatrics

Record share of US kindergartners missed required vaccinations last year, ahead of surge in measles cases

Written by CNN | July 31, 2025

“There are more and more states where even the potentially achievable coverage that we can get by catching everyone up who’s overdue is getting lower and lower,” said Dr. Josh Williams, a pediatrician with Denver Health and associate professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.