chicken pox

Fewer kindergartners received their vaccinations for measles and other illnesses

Associated Press

About 35,000 U.S. children entered kindergarten for the 2020-21 school year without evidence they were vaccinated for extremely contagious diseases, the CDC reports.

The CDC's early coronavirus test was poorly designed and it also came with problematic instructions, NPR has learned.

Health News Florida

Delta Variant Isn't As Contagious As Chickenpox. But It's Still Highly Contagious

Michaeleen Doucleff

A leaked CDC document compared it to the highly contagious children's disease. Data does not support this claim. Nonetheless, the variant is one of the world's most contagious respiratory diseases.

At least 36 students at a North Carolina school have become infected with chickenpox. The school has many students whose parents claimed a religious exemption from state vaccination requirements.

NPR Health

Chickenpox Outbreak Hits N.C. Private School With Low Vaccination Rates

Laurel Wamsley

Three dozen students have been infected at Asheville Waldorf School — which has among the very highest rates of parents claiming religious exemption from state vaccine requirements.