{
  "id": 2451331,
  "title": "Kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit record 4.2%, CDC says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/kindergarten-vaccine-exemptions-hit-record-4-2-cdc-says",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T23:22:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/kindergarten-vaccine-exemptions-hit-record-42-cdc-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The CDC says the number of children exempted from vaccine requirements was up to 4.2%, an estimated 155,000 kids across the country, during the 2025-2026 school year. Dr. Michael Bigham, chief quality officer for Akron Children's Hospital, joins CBS News to discuss.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}