Jan 8, 2018 | Blog entry, News
No shots, no school? NOT True in Oregon! The local news and Oregon State are failing to mention the allowed exemptions for the students. None of the news stories are mentioning this, and OSU has the information buried in an FAQ on their website but does not relay this...
Dec 22, 2016 | Blog entry, Opinion Pieces
It shouldn’t be this way, but every time you turn around, our civil liberty and one of the most fundamental human rights, universally recognized throughout the world, is in danger of being stripped away here in America, the so-called “Land of the Free.” The bedrock of...
Nov 13, 2016 | Blog entry, Opinion Pieces
I had the opportunity last month, along with four other members of OFMF, to attend a Roundtable for Stakeholders “to discuss issues relating to achieving higher HPV vaccination rates in Oregon.” I even received an email stating “We are excited that you will be...
Oct 6, 2016 | Blog entry, Opinion Pieces
On August 15, 2016, the CDC published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding Communicable Disease, and is accepting public comments on the proposed rule until October 14, 2016. Under the proposed rule, the CDC plans to give itself the power, based on its own...
Jun 25, 2015 | Blog entry, Legislative News, Opinion Pieces
SafeMinds.com June 24, 2015 By Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., Special to SafeMinds In a hearing on Tuesday, June 9th about SB 277, a bill proposed to abolish non-medical vaccine exemptions in California, California’s Assembly Member, Autumn Burke, a Democrat who represents...
Apr 6, 2015 | Blog entry, Opinion Pieces
By Guest Author April 6, 2015 We were as confused as you probably are right now. What does a 2015 Senate Bill introduced by Oregon State Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — SB 673 — proposing to allow dentists to dispense and administer vaccines have to do with...
