News from The Hill: Vaccine politics injected into 2016

News from The Hill Vaccine politics injected into 2016 By Jonathan Easley An outbreak of more than 100 cases of measles in the United States has opened up a contentious political debate over vaccinations. Two potential Republican candidates for the White House attracted criticism on Monday after they said it should be up to parents as to whether or not to vaccinate their children. The comments from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul followed a Sunday interview by President Obama in which he in no uncertain terms urged parents to vaccinate their children. “The state doesn’t own your children,” Paul said in a heated interview on CNBC. “Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health.” Read more here.