{"id":270,"date":"2025-01-13T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/?p=270"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:10:37","slug":"elementor-270","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Fewer Florida children are receiving routine vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"270\" class=\"elementor elementor-270\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7028d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f7028d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-331c82e8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"331c82e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fewer Florida Children are Receiving Routine Vaccinations<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbfb40 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"cfbfb40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStephanie Colombini\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WUSF, January 13, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77d27c9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77d27c9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d5bdde elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24d5bdde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ArtP-subheadline\">High vaccination rates can help prevent the spread of severe illnesses like measles and polio. But pediatricians say they&#8217;re encountering more parents hesitant to get their kids immunized.<\/h2><div class=\"ArtP-articleContainer\"><div class=\"ArtP-articleBody\"><p>Childhood vaccination rates in Florida continue to decline, part of a national trend as misinformation spreads more widely and hesitancy increases, health experts said.<\/p><p>In the 2023-24 school year, 88.1% of kindergartners completed required vaccines that protect against severe illnesses, including measles, polio and chickenpox,\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/schoolvaxview\/data\/index.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">according to the<\/a>\u00a0U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p><p>It\u2019s one of the lowest rates in the nation, and it concerns physicians like Dr. Jennifer Takagishi, vice president of the American Academy of Pediatrics&#8217; Florida chapter and a professor at the University of South Florida.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561907e0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"561907e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/health-news-florida\/2025-01-13\/fewer-florida-kids-getting-routine-vaccinations\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fewer Florida Children are Receiving Routine Vaccinations High vaccination rates can help prevent the spread of severe illnesses like measles and polio. But pediatricians say they&#8217;re encountering more parents hesitant to get their kids immunized. Childhood vaccination rates in Florida continue to decline, part of a national trend as misinformation spreads more widely and hesitancy &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_block_theme_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-news","8":"tag-florida","10":"with-featured-image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}