Reporter Assesses Rise in Vaccine Exemptions, Gives Other Stories To Watch in 2025

January 25, 2025

KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed vaccine exemptions on WAMU’s “Health Hub” on Jan. 22. Whitehead also discussed major Georgia health stories of 2025 on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Jan. 17.

Click here to hear Whitehead on “Health Hub”
Click here to hear Whitehead on “The Georgia Health Report”
Read Whitehead’s “Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping,” co-reported with Daniel Chang

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Reporter Assesses Rise in Vaccine Exemptions, Gives Other Stories To Watch in 2025

January 25, 2025

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<h1>Reporter Assesses Rise in Vaccine Exemptions, Gives Other Stories To Watch in 2025</h1>

<p>KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed vaccine exemptions on WAMU’s “Health Hub” on Jan. 22. Whitehead also discussed major Georgia health stories of 2025 on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Jan. 17. </p>

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<li><a href="https://wamu.org/story/25/01/22/dc-children-getting-vaccination-exemptions/">Click here to hear Whitehead on “Health Hub”</a></li>

<li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2025-01-17/georgia-health-report-health-stories-to-watch-in-2025">Click here to hear Whitehead on “The Georgia Health Report”</a></li>

<li>Read Whitehead’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/childhood-vaccination-rates-exemptions-conservative-states-public-health/">Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping</a>,” co-reported with Daniel Chang</li>
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