Why vaccine rates among young students in Minnesota and Wisconsin have dropped

Name: Why vaccine rates among young students in Minnesota and Wisconsin have dropped
Uploaded: 2026-08-31T18:43:00-0500
Duration: 3 min 5 s
Description: Fewer young students are getting their shots than at any time in the past decade. New CDC data show that 13% of kindergarteners in Minnesota and Wisconsin did not get standard childhood vaccines like the measles, mumps and rubella shot. That's nearly double the number from 2016. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield shares what's behind the dramatic drop.

Fewer young students are getting their shots than at any time in the past decade. New CDC data show that 13% of kindergarteners in Minnesota and Wisconsin did not get standard childhood vaccines like the measles, mumps and rubella shot. That's nearly double the number from 2016. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield shares what's behind the dramatic drop.