Thursday, December 13, 2007
Public Health

Legislation Introduced to Increase Adult Access to Life-Saving Vaccines

Rep. Waxman, Sen. Kennedy, and Rep. Roybal-Allard introduced a package of bills that will help ensure that adults have access to life-saving vaccines. These vaccines include a new vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer as well as vaccines again seasonal influenza, certain pneumonias, Hepatitis B, and shingles, among others. The bills below replaced the original H.R. 4702, H.R. 4703, H.R. 4704, H.R. 4704. The text is the same.