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PASADENA, Calif., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The numbers of recommended vaccine doses, including measles vaccine, administered to children decreased dramatically after the declaration of a national state of emergency on March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics. While the decrease was lower and recovered in children under 2 years of age, it was more severe and persistent in older children. When vaccination rates decline, we worry about an increase in vaccine-preventable diseases that can be harmful to children, said the study s lead author, Bradley Ackerson, MD, a Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center pediatric infectious disease specialist and an investigator with the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation s vaccine team. Also, we know there has been a reduction in childhood vaccinations worldwide, and as COVID-19 restrictions are
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