Oregon vaccine rate improves, but work remains
Statesman Journal By Saeroom Yoo May 4, 2015 Oregon kindergartners are getting their required school immunizations at a higher rate, the Oregon Public Health Division announced Friday. The rate at which the children have been “opted out” for nonmedical...
Bills Banning Most Vaccine Exemptions Fail in Northwest
ABCNews.com SALEM, Ore. – Mar 11, 2015 By SHEILA V KUMAR and RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Legislative efforts to increase pressure on parents to get their kids vaccinated failed in Oregon and Washington state Wednesday amid stiff opposition as a handful of...
Senator drops Oregon vaccine mandate bill
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...