Mar 11, 2015 | Legislative News, News
Statesman Journal March 11, 2015 By Saerom Yoo Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, a family physician who led the charge for strengthening Oregon’s school immunization law, will no longer pursue the legislation, a staffer said today. Senate Bill 442, which has had...
Mar 9, 2015 | Legislative News, News
KGW.com By Nina Mehlhaf nina SALEM, Ore. — Centuries-old diseases like measles have been making a comeback lately after an outbreak started at Disneyland, and spread to several cases in Oregon and Washington. But a bill in Salem that would make vaccines...
Feb 25, 2015 | Committee Hearings, Legislative News, News
Oregon legislators have canceled a meeting to discuss a bill that would eliminate nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school immunization law, after it became clear that a controversial vaccine researcher who linked the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine with...
Feb 19, 2015 | Legislative News, News
Statesman Journal February 19, 2015 Tense testimony about a proposal to eliminate nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school immunization law continued for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon as Oregonians discussed conflicting scientific claims, parental...
Feb 17, 2015 | Committee Hearings, Legislative News, News, Uncategorized
JURIST February 17, 2015 The Oregon Senate Committee on Health Care [official website] is scheduled to hear testimony on a bill [SB 422, PDF] that would limit the option for parents to receive non-medical exemptions from school vaccinations. Sponsored by state Senator...
Feb 16, 2015 | Legislative News, News
OregonLive February 16, 2015 The state Senate Health Care Committee will hold a public hearing this week on proposed legislation that would remove parents’ ability to exempt their children from vaccinations for nonmedical reasons. Senate Bill 442, as currently...
