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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A record 9.7% of Oregon kindergartners claimed nonmedical exemptions for the 2024-25 school year, according to the Oregon Health ...

CNN — The Oregon state House passed a bill Monday that would limit the options for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children, including on religious or philosophical grounds. House Bill 3063 ...

Scott Housley / CDC Nearly 10% of Oregon kindergartners have a non-medical exemption to some or all of the vaccines that are required to attend school. That’s according to numbers released Thursday by ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon vaccination rates among school-aged children have reached a new low, state health officials reported Thursday, as more and more families take advantage of nonmedical exemptions ...

Nearly one in 10 Oregon kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated because their parents asked for nonmedical vaccine exemptions, setting a state record. In the 2024-25 school year, 9.7% of kindergartners ...

A record 9.7% of Oregon kindergartners claimed nonmedical exemptions for the 2024-25 school year, according to the Oregon Health Authority. That represents a nearly 1% increase from 2024's 8.8% of ...