Many Immigrant Communities At Risk Of Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Due To Low Vaccination Coverage, Study Finds

Healio (6/7, Weldon) reported, “Many immigrant communities are at risk for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases because of low and declining vaccination coverage, according to findings published in Pediatrics.” In the study, “vaccine coverage at 36 months with one or more MMR doses ranged from 41% among children born to a parent from Ukraine to 93.2% for children born to a parent from Mexico, compared with 85.6% among children with two U.S.-born parents.”