Vaccines

The bill would outlaw school-based vaccine clinics during the school day. Health officials say those clinics already ended this year after the state withdrew funding.

La CDC redujo la cantidad de vacunas recomendadas para todos los niños. El departamento de salud estatal anunció que seguirá las directrices de las organizaciones médicas nacionales.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced the number of vaccines it recommends for all children. The state health department said this week that it would continue to follow guidance from national medical organizations.

A state health department spokesperson said vaccines for RSV, flu, and COVID-19 are available now, and vaccine availability through healthcare providers will increase in the coming weeks.

Doctors, nurses and other health experts say that falling vaccination rates – and clusters of undervaccinated students in some communities – could leave the state more vulnerable.

Algunos activistas dijeron que la alianza de la Policía Estatal con ICE puede ser un gran paso para atrás, después de años de intentar reducir el perfilamiento racial.

Un juez federal le otorgó al candidato doctoral de Dartmouth una orden de restricción temporal que le permite retomar su trabajo.

Republican lawmakers have argued the state should not be in the business of buying vaccines for privately insured children.

The Republicans backing this bill argued the private sector could better fill this function.

The state currently provides childhood vaccines to doctors’ offices at no cost. A group of Republican lawmakers want to end that.