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Dallas County health officials report falling childhood vaccination rates, expand outreach and wastewater surveillance
Summary
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported a decline in childhood vaccination coverage and rising influenza and RSV activity, and said it will expand outreach, maintain vaccine availability in clinics and increase wastewater monitoring ahead of large events.
Dallas County Health and Human Services briefed commissioners on Jan. 6 about vaccine trends, rising influenza activity and plans for community outreach and surveillance.
Dr. Huang, representing Dallas County HHS, said kindergarten immunization coverage fell from about 94% to about 89% year over year and that administered vaccine counts in August dropped "from 16,000 something down to 9,000" in the most recent August. "We're seeing an impact," Dr. Huang said, attributing declines in part to shifting federal…
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