State Department of Planning and Budget's analysis of a passed bill that adds to the specific list of minimum immunization requirements for attendance at a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school, child care center, nursery school, family day…
Map from the National Conference of State Legislatures showing 45 states and Washington D.C. that grant religious exemptions for people who have religious objections to immunizations and 15 states that allow philosophical exemptions for those who object to immunizations because…
Video of House Committee hearings on a bill to prohibit personal or philosophical exemptions for the MMR vaccine.
Video hearing of Washington Senate hearing on a bill to prohibit personal and philosophical exemptions for MMR vaccine. Relevant section begins at 10:30.
Fact sheet including American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement they have "long supported preventive care, including immunizations, in the medical home setting as a major component of pediatric health care and disease prevention and believes economic barriers should not…
Video of House Committee hearings on a bill to prohibit personal or philosophical exemptions for the MMR vaccine.
The Vaccine Safety Net consists of a diverse group of websites that provide vaccine safety information in various languages. Each of these websites has been evaluated by WHO and meets the GACVS criteria for good information practices.
This eighth and final report of the Immunization Safety Review Committee examines the hypothesis that vaccines, specifically the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines, are causally associated with autism. The committee reviewed the extant published and unpublished epidemiological studies regarding…
Fact sheet from Vaccinate Your Family on how Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) provide informed consent on vaccines
This article examines the laws and agency rules for how health department employees can participate in policy development outside of their official capacity.