West Virginia Board of Education President Paul Hardesty, right, is sworn in prior to giving testimony Wednesday morning in a religious vaccine exemption lawsuit in Beckley. (Photo by Steven Allen ...

The federal government’s exemption for quoting religious texts in its proposed hate speech law has attracted criticism — it ...

The judge in a vaccine exemptions case that resumes this week asked lawyers to complete some homework about a central question that is also existential: How would you differentiate between religious ...

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 ...

Sept 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday that providers and states administering vaccines to children through the government's free access program must ...

Legislators in Canada are reportedly poised to strip religious protections from the country’s hate-speech laws as part of an effort to crack down on hateful symbols throughout the country. Lawmakers ...

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 ...

Religious exemptions have risen over decades in Massachusetts. Medical exemptions that bypass immunization have fallen in the state. None of the major religions have mandates against vaccination, ...

The University of Colorado (CU) is now on the hook to pay out $10.3 million in a settlement over discriminating against religious students and staff during its 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate process.