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VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASE: Tetanus Among Oklahoma Homeschoolers

Record:  Matthew G. Johnson, Kristy K. Bradley, Susan Mendus, Laurence Burnsed, Rachel Clinton, and Tejpratap Tiwari, “Vaccine-Preventable Disease Among Homeschooled Children: Two Cases of Tetanus in Oklahoma” in Pediatrics 132 , no. 6 (December 2013): e1686-e1689. Available Here. Summary:  Johnson … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING PARENTS: Practices and Beliefs about Vaccinations

Record: Elizabeth L. Thorpe, et al., “Homeschooling Parents’ Practices and Beliefs about Childhood Immunizations” in Vaccine, 30, no. 6 (February 2012): 1149-1153. Summary: This paper, written by a group of physicians and medical researchers, noting the rise both in occurrences … Continue reading

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