Vaccination
California bill targets doctors who sell fake vaccine medical exemptions
A bill that targets doctors who sell fraudulent medical exemptions for vaccinations was passed Tuesday by California's state Assembly.
Sep 5, 2019
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Vaccination
Judge waits to rule on letting unvaccinated go to school
A judge declined to immediately rule on whether to let unvaccinated children go back to school in New York after a hearing Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging a new state law eliminating religious exemptions to vaccines.
Aug 14, 2019
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Pediatrics
California took on anti-vaxxers, and won
(HealthDay)—California's crackdown on childhood vaccination exemptions cut in half the percentage of kindergartners who didn't have their required immunizations, a new study shows.
Jul 2, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Facing measles outbreaks, New York bans religious vaccination exemptions
Confronted with both serious measles outbreaks and a growing anti-vaccine movement, New York lawmakers voted Thursday to ban religious exemptions that would allow parents to circumvent school-mandated vaccination.
Jun 14, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
California bill to tighten vaccine exemptions moves forward
A bill that would tighten control over vaccination exemptions for children in California was sent by state senators to the Assembly on Wednesday.
May 24, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
California law led to an increase in childhood vaccination rates
A first of its kind analysis published today by researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that a 2016 California vaccine law boosted protective coverage against measles and other serious childhood diseases ...
May 20, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Washington state limits exemptions for measles vaccine
Parents in Washington state will no longer be able to claim a personal or philosophical exemption for their children from receiving the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine before attending a day care center or school ...
May 10, 2019
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Florida measles threat grows as more young children go unvaccinated
As measles outbreaks are popping up across the country and the number of unvaccinated children in Florida is climbing, state health officials and parents worry that one of the most infectious diseases that was practically ...
Apr 17, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A case against vaccine religious exemptions
As of April 4, the U.S. has confirmed 465 cases of measles in 2019. This is the second-largest outbreak since health officials declared measles eliminated in 2000—a milestone that was largely due to widespread vaccination.
Apr 11, 2019
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Exemptions surge as parents and doctors do 'Hail Mary' around vaccine laws
At two public charter schools in the Sonoma wine country town of Sebastopol, more than half the kindergartners received medical exemptions from state-required vaccines last school year. The cities of Berkeley, Santa Cruz, ...
Apr 8, 2019
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