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Some student vaccine rules relaxed.(Brief Article)
2002 AUG 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At least four states are relaxing student immunization standards at the start of the school year because of lingering shortages in vaccines for many common childhood diseases.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notified doctors in a July 11, 2002 bulletin that shortages were over for two vaccines, one for measles, mumps and rubella and another for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis.
But parts of the country still lack sufficient supplies. New Jersey, Indiana, Minnesota and Nebraska are among the states that will allow students with incomplete immunizations to enroll in school this fall.
"Physicians and patients are going to have some catching up to do," said Buddy Ferguson, spokesman at the Minnesota Department of Health.
The shortage for the MMR and DTP vaccines was caused by several factors, including a dwindling number of suppliers, manufacturing changes and equipment modifications that caused some production facilities to shut down longer than expected.
Indiana health officials pushed back a fall deadline, requiring students to be fully immunized by January 31, 2003. ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Some student vaccine rules relaxed.(Brief Article)