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In Scientific American, Schaffner comments on increased vaccination rates and school immunization laws

Posted by on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in News .

Vaccination rates for kindergartners are increasing because of state laws requiring them to have the full series of inoculations before they can enter the classroom. The laws vary, “but overall they say, ‘We have to protect our children.’ It's terrific,” says William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University.