The group conducted extensive air, farm wastewater, and milk sampling from 14 of California’s outbreak farms across two different farming regions.
The national percentage of kindergartners with an exemption from one or more vaccine rose to 3.6%, hitting a new high for the fourth year in a row.
Over one-quarter of participants were admitted to an ICU, and nearly one-third needed mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen.
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