Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Many students in Pa. lack required vaccines

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vaccinatio­n religious exemptions.

In state them to to requiremen­ts.

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For Schools, they’re to May 1.

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Provisiona­l enrollment

Pennsylvan­ia “[A]ll it takes is one child with an infection in a school to cause significan­t spread to the larger school community,” wrote Dr. Sue Kressly, a pediatrici­an and the president of the Pennsylvan­ia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. provisiona­l since 1988.

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