Controversial school vaccination law allows broader use of medical waivers FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Last year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services authorized that pharmacists in all 50 states could give childhood vaccinations.LM Otero / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Last week 4,000 people gathered at the Connecticut State Capitol in opposition to a controversial bill that led to the repeal of the so-called religious exemption from mandatory childhood vaccinations, which Gov. Lamont signed into law the next day.Ken Dixon / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of8 4of8 The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is one of the most-common childhood inoculations.Eric Risberg / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less