A recent poll by The Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) revealed that 1 in 6 American parents have delayed or skipped at least one childhood vaccine, not counting the flu and COVID-19 shots (1). And 9% of the surveyed parents also admitted to skipping core vaccinations, like polio or measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). Experts, as with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), say that childhood vaccines are built to save lives and protect kids — so why are these parents choos ...

Us now to discuss what we have been watching is NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Julie Cirin, Dr. . Amos Shadalia, senior scholar at the John's Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, NBC News medical contributor Dr. . Vin Gupta, and MSNBC senior enterprise reporter Brandy Zadznney.Uh Julie, for those who maybe just tuned in at the top of the hour or are just joining us now, talk to us about the highlights from the hearing so far. Yeah, Anna. Well, I think it's import ...