More Pennsylvania parents opt out of vaccines for kids

More Pennsylvania parents are opting out of vaccinating their children for religious or personal reasons. Why it matters: As a new school year gets underway, lingering vaccine hesitancy from the pandemic is evident in pediatricians' offices as more parents reject the shots for measles, chickenpox and whooping cough, among others. • While official data lags by several months, public health experts told Axios that anecdotal reports suggest child vaccination rates continue to fall, leaving the population more vulnerable to outbreaks. The big picture: U.S. parents still overwhelmingly support childhood vaccinations....