DHHR emphasizes vaccine requirements for school year in light of recent measles case

Health and Sciences August 20, 2024

According to Mayo Clinic, 1855 saw the first-ever vaccination requirement for students attending public schools in Massachusetts, and other states soon followed with their own vaccine mandates. At the time, this was a requirement of the vaccine against smallpox, a disease that the CDC states ...

Nearly 80 years of vaccines and all were apolitical — until now

Latest News August 5, 2021

by Iver Mindel In the late 1980s, on a school day in early March at Pikesville High School in Baltimore County, classes were suspended for a day. The entire student body was sent to the gymnasium and lined up. A student at the school had recently returned from a trip abroad and had ...