A former vice chair of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has dismissed concerns over a slight fall in US kindergarten vaccination rates, telling Fox News Digital the trend is not alarming. Dr Robert Malone's comments come after the CDC published data on Monday showing immunisation levels among kindergarteners dipped slightly for the 2025-2026 school year, a figure that has drawn attention amid ongoing debate over vaccine policy in the United States.

Malone, who previously sat on the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, urged calm in response to the figures, reportedly likening the situation to a "keep calm and carry on" approach rather than one requiring urgent intervention. The article does not detail the precise scale of the decline or specify which vaccines were affected, but frames it as a continuation of a downward trend the CDC has been monitoring in recent school years.