Maine eliminated religious and philosophical exemptions, while New York lawmakers ended a religious exemption. Washington state halted most exemptions for the measles vaccine, though legislators in Oregon defeated a measure that would have made it harder for families to opt out. California’s legislatio...
But changes are coming to that state's 'personal belief' exemption law. (HealthDay)—California's anti-vaccine sentiment tends to concentrate in wealthier, largely white areas of the state—a pattern that has left certain communities with childhood vaccination rates as low as 50 percent, a new...
Public Health Officer Dr. Noemi Doohan stressed the urgency of the situation. “With the increasing number of measles cases in the USA and now in California, we are at risk for outbreaks of this vaccine-preventable illness in our county. Most of our Lake County schools have excel...
Seven-day average Statewide vaccinations About 72.8% of Californians have completed a primary series of a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson. The CDPH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend everyonewho is eligibleget an updated booster to increase immunity ...
s position on California SB276. The bill proposes to limit vaccine medical exemptions and bypass the doctor-patient relationship by routing patient data and vaccine exemption decision-making through the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Thank you for listening to the roughly 1,000 ...
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH)on Thursday mandating workers in health care settings be fully inoculated or receive their second dose of a coronavirus vaccine by Sept. 30. The order applies to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other health care facilities such as dialysis ...
dozens of people have fallen ill from a measles outbreak that started at Disneyland. Mississippi and West Virginia are the only other states with such strict vaccine rules, though the California bill's chief author said he would consider including a religious exemption, as allowed under current ...
SB276/714 – the bills which limited the exemption criteria for vaccine injury and put every physicians writing more than 4 a year under the scrutiny of the California Public Health Department - did not appear out of nowhere this year. Dr. Charity Dean, friend of Senator Pan, planned a mul...
Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, professor of medicine and public health at the University of Southern California, said the announcement will nudge both employers who have been unsure about a vaccine requirement and workers who haven't gotten the shots. ...
In his victory speech, Trump signaled policy objectives that would likely conflict with California’s goals, such as expanding oil production and turning the nation’s public health agencies over to vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — although in what capacity is still unclear. “He’s goi...