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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

HB 2 – Vaccine Consent What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep. Under current law, minors aged 14 or older are permitted to consent to vaccines (excluding the Covid Vaccine) for themselves without parental consent. Here’s a brief overview of the key pieces of legislation that AAFP is diligently monitoring.

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Animals Need Drugs Too, But Not Without CVM Approval

FDA Law

A longstanding component of the FDA and its predecessor, CVM, in its initial form as part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, was established in 1965 and evolved in CVM by 1984. CVM does not regulate the practice of veterinary medicine (that’s a state licensing board) or vaccines for animal diseases (that’s USDA).

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

GeriPal

Our conversation covers: The current state of COVID Evidence for COVID boosters, who should get them, and preferences between Novavax and mRNA vaccines COVID treatments like Molnupiravir and Paxlovid Differences in COVID impact on nursing home residents and those with serious illnesses We wrap up with a “magic wand” question.