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School Vaccination Requirements as Preventive Care Infrastructure

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.2215

July 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint explores how school-entry vaccine requirements provide an unusually valuable point of contact between the education system and the health care system.

Corresponding Author: Y. Tony Yang, ScD, LLM, MPH, Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, George Washington University, 1919 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste 500, Washington, DC 20006 (ytyang@gwu.edu).

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