Hawaiʻi health officials are trying a new tactic to convince families to vaccinate their children against measles amid what they say is the growing risk of an outbreak.
The health department plans to issue an emergency rule allowing children with religious exemptions to receive the vaccination protecting against measles while remaining exempt from all other vaccines. The rule would be in effect for 120 days.
Hawaiʻi measles vaccination rate is currently 90%, well below the 95% threshold needed to prevent an outbreak, the Department of Health said in a press release on Thursday…