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Oregon’s vaccine exemption rate drops 17 percent
Oregon Health Authority May 01, 2015 Decrease attributed to more stringent requirements for seeking nonmedical exceptions Fewer Oregon parents or guardians sought nonmedical exemptions to the state’s school immunization requirements over the last year, according to...
Oregon vaccine bill nears key legislative decision
Statesman Journal April 21, 2015 Associated Press A proposal designed to enhance parents' knowledge of vaccination rates in their children's schools goes before a key legislative committee Tuesday. The bill would require schools to publish the rate of exemptions from...
Oregon vaccine rate improves for first time in 15 years
Statesman Journal By Saeroom Yoo April 17, 2015 Preliminary data show the rate of children who had been opted out of required school shots for nonmedical reasons has declined slightly, indicating that the recent education requirements passed in 2013 might be working....
Hearing revives vaccine debate in Oregon Legislature
Statesman Journal 04/10/2015 By Saerom Yoo After a controversial bill designed to take away parents' option to claim nonmedical exemptions from school shots fizzled, its sponsor has come back with a bill that tries to find a middle ground between Oregon's relatively...
Senator Steiner Hayward’s SB 673: Drilling for Mandatory Gardasil Shots for 11 year old Kids?
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...
No mas, Senator Steiner Hayward, no mas
Guest author March 12, 2015 Bills banning most vaccine exemptions fail in Oregon, Washington If you’re a fan of informed consent, medical freedom, and parental rights, headlines like the one above that hit late last night are music to your ears. Oregon and Washington,...