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Local student helps educate teens about vaccines - ABC
One teen in Westwood is helping others get vaccinated.
Teens In South Carolina Don’t Need Their Parents’ Permission To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine - Romper
16 and 17-year-olds are free to get vaccinated against the virus on their own terms.
Can a 16-year-old get a COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent?
Earlier this week, a 17-year-old Washington resident posed a question on Reddit: "Can I get the COVID-19 vaccine if my parents won’t provide consent?"
Debunking Myths about Vaccinating Adolescents and Young Adults with Teen Kelly Danielpour
There is a lot of misinformation about vaccinations on the web, especially on sites like Reddit. Kelly Danielpour started VaxTeen which is specifically aimed at advocating for teen’s rights when it comes to vaccine information. Kelly will talk about the importance of minor’s being immunized and what steps teens themselves can take to fight against vaccine misinformation.
10 Questions with VaxTeen Founder Kelly Danielpour
We sat down with Kelly Danielpour, who founded vaccination advocacy group VaxTeen at the age of 16, to discuss how young people can take preventative healthcare into their own hands.
Should minors have access to COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent?
…it’s crucial that more organizations like VaxTeen exist.
Activists Want Mayor Bowser To Veto A Bill That Would Allow Minors To Consent To Vaccines
The bill has also gotten attention from pro-vaccine activists across the country. Kelly Danielpour, a California teenager who founded VaxTeen, a group promoting vaccines for minors, recently wrote that states across the U.S. should consider following in D.C.’s footsteps. “I am fortunate enough to have pro-vaccine parents, so I can only imagine the courage it takes to question your parents’ misguided beliefs. States should empower teenagers to act,” she wrote in an op-ed published recently in the Los Angeles Times.
As COVID Vaccine Race Kicks Into High Gear, Will Teens Be Able To Get It If Their Parents Don’t Consent?
Santa Monica-based high school senior Kelly Danielpour takes this issue on in a recent op-ed she wrote that was published in The Los Angeles Times, advocating for a change to laws in California and other states across the country that prevent teenagers from getting a vaccine without parental consent.
Why US teens might not get Covid-19 vaccines
Kids of anti-vax parents seek online help and autonomy to bypass outdated laws, which could prevent them from receiving coronavirus injection
Letters to the Editor: How unvaccinated teens put vulnerable seniors at risk
To the editor: In support of the founder of VaxTeen, a group targeting the teenage children of anti-vaccination parents, I write not as a fellow teenager, but as a 73-year-old whose husband was diagnosed with whooping cough nine years ago.
Why all 50 states need to allow teens to get vaccinated without parental consent
Long before Americans began clamoring for a novel coronavirus vaccine, a collection of teenagers across the nation was embarking on a quest for vaccination — by posing questions on Reddit.
“Vaccines” - VaxTeen Founder on Minor Issues Podcast
Every year, millions of teens miss out on their vaccines. That's something Kelly, the founder of VaxTeen, is determined to stop.
How This Teen Is Helping Her Unvaccinated Peers Get Immunizations
When high school senior Kelly Danielpour saw her peers with vaccine-hesitant parents were turning to Reddit with questions about how they could get immunized, she launched an organization to help provide clear answers.