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A separate study, published in 2019 in PLOS Medicine used a synthetic control method to "implementation of the California policy that eliminated nonmedical childhood vaccine exemptions was associated with an estimated increase in vaccination coverage and a reduction in nonmedical exemptions at state and county levels," suggesting that the ...
All 50 states and the District of Columbia allow medical exemptions. Every state except three -- California, Maine, Mississippi, New York, and West Virginia -- allows religious exemptions. And 15 ...
Nationwide vaccine coverage in the 2022–23 school year held near 93% for all reported vaccines, but the exemption rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 3.0% in 41 states. In 10 states, the ...
Of the 3% of children who got exemptions, 0.2% were for medical reasons and 2.8% for non-medical reasons, the CDC report said. The overall exemption rate was 2.6% for the previous school year.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ( ACIP) is a committee within the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides advice and guidance on effective control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. civilian population. The ACIP develops written recommendations for routine administration of vaccines ...
The California Health and Human Services Agency ( CHHS) is the state agency tasked with administration and oversight of "state and federal programs for health care, social services, public assistance and rehabilitation" in the U.S. state of California. The agency is headed by the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency ...
The Colorado-based team of pediatricians and public health researchers found that from 2011 to 2018, in the 15 states that allow both personal and religious exemptions, kindergarteners were one ...
Called SB 276, it restricts these exemptions from mandatory vaccines for children attending school and childcare facilities. Four years earlier, California passed SB 277 becoming then the third ...