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Gabrielle Union-Wade Joins Don t Skip Campaign to Encourage Doctor Well-Visits and Recommended Vaccinations
May 27, 2021
Vaccinate Your Family, in collaboration with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced the launch of a new public health campaign called Don’t Skip with actress, activist and author Gabrielle Union-Wade to encourage families to schedule their well-visits and stay up to date on all recommended vaccines.
Parents’ fears about COVID-19, stay-at-home policies and other pandemic-related issues have caused families to stay away from doctors’ offices over the past year, with potentially serious implications to national public health. Missed child well-visits have led to declines in recommended vaccinations, with up to a 26 percent drop in certain childhood vaccinations between January and September 2020, according to one report.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee is set to hold a virtual hearing on “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence.” The event is scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m.
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WASHINGTON and KENILWORTH, N.J., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Vaccinate Your Family, in collaboration with Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today the launch of a new public health campaign called
Don t Skip with actress, activist and author Gabrielle Union-Wade to encourage families to schedule their well-visits and stay up to date on all recommended vaccines.
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The new law removes the ability to claim religious exemptions from childhood vaccination. Author: FOX61 Staff Updated: 4:20 PM EDT April 29, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law Wednesday a controversial bill that removes religious exemptions from childhood vaccinations.
An Act Concerning Immunizations, changes Connecticut s communication requirements for students attending pre-K - 12 schools, day care centers and institutions of high education by removing exemptions that are not medical.
The State Senate passed the bill by a vote of 22-14 on Tuesday night and the State House passed it last week by a vote of 90 to 53.
“This is an issue that I have spent a lot of time researching and discussing with medical experts, and it is something that I take very seriously knowing the public health impact that it has on our children, families, and communities,” Lamont said in a statement. “When it comes to the safety of our childre