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School vaccination rates came into greater focus as Texas grappled with a deadly measles outbreak and federal health and education revisited long-standing vaccination requirements for entry into public schools. At the same time, the most recent data indicates a drop in kindergarten vaccination rates that’s brought some areas of California below herd immunity, increasing the possibility of a Texas-like outbreak in some parts of the state.
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