Nonmedical vaccine resistance growing in Texas, nationally

Vaccine exemptions continue to hit record levels among Texas schoolchildren.

During the 2022-23 school year, 3.24% of Texas kindergartners received an exemption “for reasons of conscience,” which includes religious beliefs, from at least one immunization required to attend school, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. That's almost double the rate from 10 years ago.

Texas is one of 41 states that saw an increase in school vaccine exemptions, which reached a record 3% nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read more: Texas Health and Human Services

 

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