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 ...

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 ...

As the Upstate measles outbreak continues, SC lawmakers moved a bill to cut vaccine mandates and killed legislation axing religious exemptions.

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 ...

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 ...

West Virginia public health officials acknowledge that families seeking religious exemptions to school vaccination policies do not have to elaborate on their beliefs. All that families seeking such ...

North Carolina has little sympathy for taxpayers that miss filing deadlines, but a new law eases the potential repercussions for property owners otherwise qualifying for religion-based tax exemptions.

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 ...

Religious exemptions for school vaccinations in New Jersey have more than doubled in the past six years. The overall vaccination compliance rate for New Jersey students has dropped from 95% to 91% ...

The Bloc Québécois said removing the exemption was necessary to help prosecute rising hateful and antisemitic rhetoric, often made under the guise of exempted religious speech. “If we are serious ...