On January 5, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new childhood immunization schedule, making recommendations on vaccines every child should get. The schedule effectively lowers the total of universally recommended vaccines from 17 down to 11.
I spoke to Dorit Reiss, professor of law at the UniversityRichard
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