Survey: Number of Children Not Vaccinated Has Quadrupled Since 2001

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Estimated 100,000 young children in the U.S. were found to have received no vaccines in 2017.

Published Oct. 11 2018 10:51PM EDT

181011-children-no-vaccines-us-cheat_uytgee — Mike Blake/Reuters

Tens of thousands of young children in the U.S. have purposely not been vaccinated against potentially life-threatening diseases, a trend that health officials say has grown in recent years.

Survey: Number of Children Not Vaccinated Has Quadrupled Since 2001

Estimated 100,000 young children in the U.S. were found to have received no vaccines in 2017.

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