Coverage dated January 26, 2025

State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall

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Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

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  1. MedicalXpress

    State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall (opens MedicalXpress)

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    Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

  2. The Columbian

    Some state lawmakers see new opportunities to pass vaccine exemptions (opens The Columbian)

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    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state

  3. WTOP Washington DC

    Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from…

  4. Boston

    Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the U.S., including Connecticut (opens Boston)

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    Vaccination bills are popping up more than 15 states including Connecticut as lawmakers aim to resurrect or create new religious exemptions.

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