Bill > SRes389

This resolution strongly affirms the importance of vaccines in public health, condemning recent anti-vaccine actions by the Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the State of Florida. The resolution supports science-based public health decisions, endorses the recommendations of professional medical organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics, and highlights the critical role vaccines have played in preventing millions of illnesses and deaths, including eradicating or dramatically reducing diseases like polio, smallpox, diphtheria, and measles. It specifically criticizes Kennedy's dismissal of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Florida's move to eliminate school immunization requirements, which the Senate views as dangerous and potentially exposing children to preventable life-threatening diseases. The resolution calls for maintaining vaccine accessibility and affordability, emphasizes that vaccines work best with high community adoption rates, and opposes any policies that would restrict vaccine access or spread misinformation, ultimately expressing the Senate's belief that vaccines are essential for protecting public health, reducing hospitalizations, and preventing preventable illnesses and deaths.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/389/all-info