Law, ethics, and public health in the vaccination debates: politics of the measles outbreak

LO Gostin - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared endemic measles
eliminated in 2000, with rubella and congenital rubella syndrome eliminated in 2004. 1 …

Measles outbreak as a catalyst for stricter vaccine exemption legislation

YT Yang, L Barraza, K Weidenaar - JaMa, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Following a multistate measles outbreak that began in Disneyland, California legislators
responded to the outbreak by passing legislation repealing exemptions for philosophical …

Safe vaccinations for a healthy nation: increasing US vaccine coverage through law, science, and communication

LO Gostin, SC Ratzan, BR Bloom - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Memory can be dangerously short. Measles once accounted for 2.6 million deaths globally
every year. In the 1950s, 400 to 500 individuals in the United States died annually, with 3 to …

Stopping the resurgence of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases: policy, politics, and law

HY Levin, SP Kershner, TD Lytton, D Salmon, SB Omer - U. Ill. L. Rev., 2020 - HeinOnline
Measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases are making a comeback in the United
States.'Local outbreaks of painful and potentially deadly diseases are now frustratingly …

The true cost of measles outbreaks during the postelimination era

ME Sundaram, LB Guterman, SB Omer - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
A large measles outbreak in Washington State has prompted officials to declare a state of
emergency. As of March 4, 2019, the Washington State Health Department reported 71 …

Measles outbreaks and public attitudes towards vaccine exemptions: some cautions and strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy

SC Quinn, AM Jamison, VS Freimuth - Human vaccines & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Today, the United States and countries throughout the world are experiencing
measles outbreaks that have sickened thousands of children. From the Disneyland outbreak …

Measles, mandates, and making vaccination the default option

DJ Opel, SB Omer - JAMA pediatrics, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Thetensionbetweenindividualchoiceandpu… is both long established and enduring. It also
appears to be at a breaking point. With Ebola still crisp in our collective consciousness …

Anti-Vaccine Activists Have Taken Vaccine Science Hostage.

MW Moyer - International New York Times, 2018 - go.gale.com
Americans who don't want to vaccinate are increasingly getting their way: A June study
found that, over the past decade, the number of philosophical vaccine exemptions rose in …

Public health and economic consequences of vaccine hesitancy for measles in the United States

NC Lo, PJ Hotez - JAMA pediatrics, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Routine childhood vaccination is declining in some regions of the United States
due to vaccine hesitancy, which risks the resurgence of many infectious diseases with public …

On religious and secular exemptions: A case study of childhood vaccination waivers

R Pierik - Ethnicities, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper analyses exemptions to general law through the prism of vaccine waivers in the
United States. All US states legally require the vaccination of children prior to school or …