Florida health leaders are pushing to remove vaccination requirements for schoolchildren.

In Michigan, no such effort has been made. The state requires a range of vaccines to enter school, depending on a student's age and grade.

Florida state leaders, including its surgeon general, are putting pressure on lawmakers to repeal vaccination laws, including requirements that schoolchildren be vaccinated.

While there have been no apparent calls from Michigan's leaders to repeal school vaccination requirements, the news from Florida pushes an already-escalated debate about public health into the forefront. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) blasted Florida's announcement in a news release.

“When children are sick and miss school, parents also miss work, which not only impacts those fami

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