NIH doctor: States should do more on vaccinations

One of the Obama administration's top doctors on Wednesday said that state governments should be doing more to boost vaccination rates to halt the spread of highly contagious diseases like the measles. "I'm totally in agreement that we should be putting pressure on people," Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a health forum hosted by The Atlantic. "It's just got to be at the state level." Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pointed to effective state laws such as requiring vaccination for children entering public school. But he said it shouldn't be in the federal government's power to make that policy nationwide.