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  "id": 15933344,
  "title": "Childhood measles vaccination rates fall worldwide post-COVID-19",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/childhood-measles-vaccination-rates-fall-worldwide-post-covid-19",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T18:20:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-childhood-measles-vaccination-fall-worldwide.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Routine vaccine program disruptions and under-resourced health systems are driving a global decline in childhood measles vaccination rates post-COVID-19, a new study has found. University of Queensland researchers examined measles cases, deaths and vaccine gaps in children under 5 across 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2023, finding estimated cases rose 40% from 11.1 million in 2019 to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}