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Public health advocates hoped that the measles outbreak might persuade the reluctant to get shots. That has not turned out to be true.
More than half of Texas' counties have MMR vaccination rates among kindergartners below the threshold the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is needed for herd immunity.
Dr. Peter J. Hotez, a Texas-based vaccine researcher, is a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and played a key role in developing the covid-19 vaccine.
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Texas has just moved to make it easier for parents to exempt their children from school vaccination requirements—just weeks after the worst measles outbreak in a generation ended. 762 people contracted measles over the summer.
Many states align their vaccine requirements with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on
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Texas launches downloadable form to exempt kids from school-required vaccines
This week, the state health agency quietly unveiled the new downloadable vaccine exemption form, the result of House Bill 1586.
A new Texas law lets parents download school vaccine exemption forms online, ending mail-in delays and giving families faster access to the required paperwork.
Florida's surgeon general announced last week that the state is moving to "end all vaccine mandates." Experts explain what this could mean for the U.S.