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Nicole Karlis

Worldwide, children's vaccine rates fall

A nurse gives a little girl a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while her brother covers his eyes at a vaccination site for 5-11 year-olds at Eastmonte Park. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

For the first time in nearly 30 years, and despite a century of scientific advancements in vaccine technology, fewer children around the world are receiving routine childhood vaccinations.

The worldwide drop is significant enough that UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell called it "a red alert for child health."

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