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Many Hawaii schoolkids going without routine vaccinations

  • CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2022
                                A student at Hahaione Elementary school gets a COVID-19 booster shot from Hawaii Pacific Health nurse Melissa Rosenberger.

    CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2022

    A student at Hahaione Elementary school gets a COVID-19 booster shot from Hawaii Pacific Health nurse Melissa Rosenberger.

The percentage of Hawaii children not vaccinated for illnesses such as mumps and measles, or not receiving the full roster of shots required for school, has jumped since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released by the state Department of Health, augmenting concerns that there will be new outbreaks of long-controlled diseases. Read more

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