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Legal and Policy Responses to Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Leila Barraza ,
Dorit Reiss  and
Patricia Freeman
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Abstract

Laws and policies are vital tools in preventing outbreaks and limiting the further spread of disease, but they can vary in content and implementation. This manuscript provides insight into challenges in responding to recent vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks by examining legislative changes in California, policy changes on certain university campuses, and the laws implicated in a measles outbreak in Minnesota.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 47 , Issue S2: 2018 Public Health Law Conference: Health Justice: Empowering Public Health and Advancing Health Equity , Summer 2019 , pp. 11 - 14
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2019

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