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Vaccine Act of 1813 was an Act of the Twelfth Congress of the United States to encourage vaccination against smallpox. It was passed 27 February 1813 and repealed 4 May 1822. [ 1 ] The Act was the first federal law concerning consumer protection and pharmaceuticals .
Only one company was still manufacturing pertussis vaccine in the US by the end of 1985. [10] Because of this, Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) in 1986, establishing a federal no-fault system to compensate victims of injury caused by mandated vaccines. [11] [12]
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP or NVICP) was established by the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA), passed by the United States Congress in response to a threat to the vaccine supply due to a 1980s scare over the DPT vaccine.
Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US By SUSAN HAIGH and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates , establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate ...
A federal judge in Georgia has blocked the vaccine requirement for federal contractors nationwide, who would have had to get vaccinated by Jan. 18.
This requirement stirred controversy when it was applied to the HPV vaccine in July 2008 due to the cost of the vaccine. In addition, the other thirteen required vaccines prevent highly contagious diseases communicable through the respiratory route, while HPV is spread only through sexual contact. [12] In November 2009, this requirement was ...
Former Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Tuesday he intent on filing a legal challenge over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The bill would have required employees and independent contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment unless they have an exemption based on a medical condition ...