The Hubert H. Humphrey Building, the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Photo Courtesy/U.S. General Services Administration) CHARLESTON — The ...

Could New York schools again have to accept religious exemptions for student vaccinations? The state limited mandatory school vaccine exemptions back in 2019, after a measles outbreak had sickened 312 ...

A multi-day, high-profile hearing over religious exemptions to West Virginia’s school vaccination laws ended on a cliffhanger. Michael Froble After two days of testimony in September and two days of ...

A sharp debate over religious exemptions to school vaccine mandates is intensifying across the nation, just as vaccination rates of schoolchildren are declining and childhood diseases such as measles ...

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Courtroom in the State Capitol Building in Charleston. (Photo Courtesy/WV Supreme Court of Appeals) CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Board of Education took ...

Measles cases have spread across the country this year, with the state of New York now facing its worst outbreak in decades. Since last fall, more than 150 measles cases have been recorded in Rockland ...

Record increases in measles cases across the country have coincided with large drops in students getting vaccinated, even though vaccinations are required in order to attend school. Measles has ...

“No Shots. No School. No Exceptions.” That’s what’s parents are greeted with on the Prince George’s County Public Schools webpage on required vaccinations for the upcoming school year. But that’s not ...

Unlike other kids in Massachusetts, students living in one Boston suburb won’t be able to go back to school next month unless they’ve had their chickenpox and measles shots, as well as other routine ...