Doctors Worry as Texas Lawmakers OK Vaccine Restrictions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would restrict emergency immunizations given to children removed from troubled homes under legislation that worries doctors and is a victory for vaccination opponents..
The bill passed to day in the Texas House comes as more families statewide are not vaccinating their children. More than 44,000 parents in Texas filed personal-belief exemptions last school year, a nearly twentyfold jump from 2003.
Dr. Anu Partap is director of the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children's Health in Dallas. She says she gave pertussis vaccines to new foster children last year following a North Texas outbreak.
Texas would restrict emergency immunizations given to children removed from troubled homes under legislation that worries doctors and is a victory for vaccination opponents. Breaking News, USA News, Life Style, Sticky, local news
The bill passed to day in the Texas House comes as more families statewide are not vaccinating their children. More than 44,000 parents in Texas filed personal-belief exemptions last school year, a nearly twentyfold jump from 2003.
Texas would restrict emergency immunizations given to children removed from troubled homes under legislation that worries doctors and is a victory for vaccination opponents.
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Texas would restrict emergency immunizations given to children removed from troubled homes under legislation that worries doctors and is a victory for vaccination opponents. Breaking News, USA News, Life Style, Sticky, local news
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