Medical students respond to TN ceasing vaccination outreach
Last week the state of Tennessee made the decision to remove vaccine outreach to the state’s youth. (Daily Memphian file)
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Opinion: ‘By stripping the Tennessee Department of Health of its vaccine outreach to youths, state lawmakers have also robbed the people of Tennessee of their own autonomy in health care decision-making.’
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