Despite a growing number of kids getting religious exemptions from required school vaccinations, Maryland still vaccinates a higher percentage of students than the national average. (Photo by Michael ...

But obtaining a religious exemption is not as simple as producing a signed form. Measles outbreaks in schools over the past decade prompted some states to change their policies. Some now require an ...

An Alabama lawmaker has prefiled a bill that would make it easier for parents or guardians to make their kids religiously exempt from vaccinations.

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — The debate over school vaccines is ramping up again in West Virginia. Raleigh County Judge Michael Froble issued a preliminary injunction on July 24 allowing three ...

Massachusetts Rep. Andres Vargas, a Democrat from Haverhill, explains his proposed bill that would remove non-medical exemptions for routine school entry vaccinations at a legislative briefing Tuesday ...

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, ...