Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US

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 what providers must tell patients about the shots. Many see a political opportunity to rewrite policies in their states during President Donald Trump's administration and if Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is confirmed as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Childhood vaccination rates against dangerous infections have fallen nationwide. A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research says about half of Americans are “very” or “extremely” concerned that those declining childhood vaccination rates will lead to more outbreaks.