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After the COVID-19 pandemic had millions of New Yorkers in lockdown, the rate of routine child vaccinations plummeted — as it did in cities across the United States.
That had pediatricians worried that a second wave of illness outbreaks — measles, whooping cough, mumps — might follow as large groups of kids were left vulnerable.
But a new report from the nation's largest city finds that parents have largely gotten the message, and vaccination rates are now rebounding.
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