{
  "id": 8237790,
  "title": "Decline in childhood vaccination rates in Europe since COVID-19",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/decline-in-childhood-vaccination-rates-in-europe-since-covid-19",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-18T11:20:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-decline-childhood-vaccination-europe-covid.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Childhood vaccination coverage has declined across most European Union (EU) countries in recent years, reversing some of the substantial progress made since 1980, according to a study published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}