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AXIOS (Adriel Bettelheim) - Kindergarten vaccine exemptions rose in 2025-2026: CDC

Vaccination rates among American kindergartners decreased during the 2025-2026 school year for all tracked vaccines , the Centers for Disease Control reported on Monday. - Exemptions from getting one or more vaccines increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia, growing to 4.2% from 3.6% the year before. Why it matters: The dropoff coincided with continued efforts by the Trump administration to make controversial vaccine policy changes and with measles cases hitting levels not seen in more than three decades. By the numbers: Coverage with the MMR, DTaP, polio and varicella vaccine decreased in more than half of states, ranging from 92% for diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine to 92.4% for the measles,…

NPR (John Daley) - As federal government pulls back, Colorado charts independent course with vaccines

As state leaders change laws to make vaccines more accessible, a coalition of doctors, public health advocates and everyday Coloradans is trying to start a public conversation about their importance.

NYTIMES (Patricia Mazzei) - Florida Republicans Refuse to Take Up DeSantis Bill Loosening Vaccine Mandates

The House speaker cited concerns about “children being in school without measles and mumps and polio and chickenpox vaccines that have been working for decades.”

JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Federal judge blocks RFK Jr's vaccine policies, including changes to childhood immunization schedule

The CDC said it recommends children receive vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), pneumococcal disease, HPV, and chickenpox.

NYTIMES (Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead) - Tracing the Sweet Origins of Candy Land and Its Creator

The writers of an Overlooked obituary about the game’s creator recount how they stumbled upon her and then proceeded to reconstruct her life.

NYTIMES (Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead) - Overlooked No More: Eleanor Abbott, the Creator of Candy Land

She invented the game nearly 80 years ago to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.