The coverage rate for routine childhood vaccines – or the percentage of kids getting them – has declined over the past decade.
Nurse Winnie Gaw, right, administers an oral immunization to 4-month-old Kausar Azizi, left, at the Hope Clinic.For Houston mother Keaunni Sanpract, the decision to have her 2-month-old daughter, Kh’alani Stewart, receive routine childhood vaccines was an easy one.
“Her health is very important to me, and also my other children,” she said. “With everything going on in this world, I feel like she needs her shots to keep her healthy and keep her growing.”Doctors told a Texas man he had days to live. For his final wish, he married his fiancée. While anti-vaccine movements have existed since the smallpox vaccine debuted in the early 1800s, some worry the pushback against the COVID-19 vaccine may have a detrimental effect on the uptake for routine childhood immunizations, too.
Texas did see a slight increase in vaccination rates earlier this year, but they still remain below pre-pandemic levels, said Tasmiah Nuzhath, a Texas A&M School of Public Health doctoral candidate who led the study. That's a concern because regardless of the reason, a lower percentage of vaccinated children means heightened for outbreaks of a disease like the measles, she said.
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