AMA Punts on Vaccine Strategy for Immigrants
Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) weighed the risks and benefits of the U.S. implementing a vaccine mandate for immigrants and examined policy recommendations around short-term medical trips during the House of Delegates annual meeting. Sarah Mae Smith, an alternate delegate from California who spoke on behalf of AMA’s Medical Students Section, said that […]
House Lawmakers Eager to Boost Vaccine Uptake, Quash Hesitancy
Implementing so-called “regret lotteries,” launching school vaccination clinics, and targeting “microherds” were among the strategies proposed by expert witnesses to address vaccine hesitancy, during a hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Thursday. “Nearly all of the more than 8,500 Americans who died from COVID-19 last month were unvaccinated,” said Chairman […]