As state consider changes, new online tool eyes impacts of declining vaccination rates

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: October 8, 2026

Words: 1,004

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago


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What would result if Florida reduces the number of vaccines Florida children are required to receive to attend school and daycare?

The answers to those questions may be found on an interactive dashboard dubbed VaxImpactMap, published by the Emory Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Lead developer Ben Lopman, a professor of epidemiology and global health at Emory Rollins, says he and other researchers at the …

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