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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 09 > State: No plan for vaccine mandate

State: No plan for vaccine mandate

Officials want federal funding to make cervical cancer vaccine widely accessible

By Kayley Mendenhall / The Bulletin
February 9, 2007

While states across the nation consider mandating middle school girls to receive a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer and with Texas having already taken that step, Oregon officials are focusing on making the vaccine available, but not required, for all.

"The approach that we are using here....

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