Reporter Assesses Rise in Vaccine Exemptions, Gives Other Stories To Watch in 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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<h1>Reporter Assesses Rise in Vaccine Exemptions, Gives Other Stories To Watch in 2025</h1>
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			January 25, 2025		</time>
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<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><ul><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></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-january-25-2025-childhood-vaccine-exemptions-georgia/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1975319&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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