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More Than 100 Bills Proposed in 30 States To Expand, Restrict or Eliminate Vaccine Informed Consent

More Than 100 Bills Proposed in 30 States To Expand, Restrict or Eliminate Vaccine Informed Consent Rights

As of Feb. 16, 2019, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) was monitoring more than 100 bills that had been filed in 29 states proposing to expand, restrict or eliminate vaccine informed consent rights. Additional vaccine-related bills are expected to be filed during the next few weeks.

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U.S. Vaccine Exemptions Remain Secure in 2018

NVIC’s 2018 Annual Report on U.S. State Vaccine Legislation: Breakdown, Trends and Predictions.

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Back to School – Preventing Vaccine Bullying

This article provides timely vaccine resource information to assist our readers during enrollment and to prevent families and adults from being bullied into making vaccine decisions that do not align with their values and beliefs.

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State Vaccine Legislation in America 2015-2017

In this eye-opening NVIC Vaccine Legislative Action Report, the NVIC Advocacy Team analyzes in detail what happened in state legislatures between 2015 and 2017 after a measles outbreak at Disneyland led to a frenzied attack on vaccine exemptions in the U.S. by medical trade and special interest groups associated with pharmaceutical companies and federal health agencies. Reviews what happened in California, Vermont and 42 other states and how to protect flexible medical, religious and conscientious belief vaccine exemptions using the online NVIC Advocacy Portal.

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