Vaccine Coverage Drops Among Young Children: CDC

Children were less likely to be vaccinated with many of the recommended vaccines, according to newly released data.

A 1-year-old is held by his mother while he receives a measles vaccine at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on March 1, 2025. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

Vaccine coverage for children by the age of 2 declined for eight vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new study.

CDC researchers compared the percentage of children vaccinated with recommended shots across two time periods. In the first group, the children were born in 2019 and 2020. In the second group, they were born in 2021 and 2022.