Children Flu Deaths Trending Up as Parents Reject Long-Held Vaccination Guidance

About 20 percent of Americans now say they believe vaccines are more dangerous than the illness they are supposed to prevent.

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A health care provider places a bandage on the injection site of a child who had just received a seasonal influenza vaccine. CDC/Scott Housley

Americans are increasingly deciding not to get their children vaccinated, even after the 2023 flu season saw a record number of children die from the virus.

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