Texas medical freedom advocates have been pushing against vaccine requirements and recommendations for years. Now, they're in ...

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The new panel, which met last week, is expected to scrutinize past recommendations, including for the MMR vaccine. The final bill UTMB billed $2,532 for the boy’s office visit and three shots.

Amid measles outbreak, Texas poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier A bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would make it significantly easier for ...

Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.

Gaines County has one of the highest rates in Texas of school-aged children who opt out of at least one required vaccine, with nearly 14% of K-12 children in the 2023-24 school year.

Gaines County has one of the highest rates in Texas of school-aged children who opt out of at least one required vaccine, with nearly 14% of K-12 children in the 2023-24 school year.

The new vaccinations could be self-administered at home, with the floss approach also thought compatible with flu, hepatitis ...

Brian Hooker, chief scientific officer with the Children's Health Defense, claimed that after visiting patients who had ...

The new panel, which met last week, is expected to scrutinize past recommendations, including for the MMR vaccine. The Final Bill UTMB billed $2,532 for the boy's office visit and three shots.

After vaccines became widely available for Texans 12 and older in May 2021, about 82 percent of Texas’ COVID-19 deaths were among the unvaccinated, the Texas Tribune reported in 2022.