Lawmakers in New York State, the epicenter of the country's measles outbreak, approved a bill on June 13 to abolish the right to refuse vaccinations for religious reasons. Calling this a health emergency, State Governor Andrew Cuomo immediately signed the bill into law ...
Here's some basic information on the general vaccination requirements for immigrants (including those needing a change in residence status), as well as the assessment given by a civil surgeon to determine eligibility for vaccination. Pay ...
Ethan Lindenberger is an 18-year-old schoolboy from Norwalk, Ohio, USA. Growing up in an anti-vaccine family, Ethan went to vaccinate against his mother's wishes after his eighteenth birthday. About vaccinations, the mood of parents and how teenagers are vaccinated, if the family is against, he ...
Some anti-vaccine parents were reluctant to take their children for a measles vaccine on March 27 after a state of emergency went into state of emergency in Rockland County, New York due to an outbreak of the virus. On the evening of March 26, an emergency was introduced in Rockland County ...
A federal judge, citing an "unprecedented measles outbreak" in Rockland County, New York, rejected a request to allow 44 unvaccinated children to return to school at a local school. Parents of students at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge are suing the county health department. ...
“God knows how I’m still alive”: A young man from Norwalk, Ohio, waited 18 to get the vaccines he needed against the will of his parents, who had been opposed to vaccinations all his life, believing it caused autism. A measles outbreak in the United States prompted a young man ...
A measles outbreak in Washington state has prompted a state of emergency as rising numbers of anti-vaxxers have led to widespread spread of the virus, affecting at least 25 children and one adult. On Friday, the Governor of Washington State announced...
A North Carolina school with a large "anti-vaccine" community is at the center of the nation's largest chickenpox outbreak, officials say. On Friday, 36 students at the Asheville Waldorf School in Asheville were diagnosed with the disease, the BBC writes, citing local press...
Vaccine refusal rates for infants and school-aged children are on the rise, creating a dire health situation in the United States, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show. For the third academic year in a row, the number of unvaccinated children rose markedly, writes PBS. ...
The United States has approved vaccination against the human papillomavirus, which can cause cancer. Humanity learned about the virus itself and its connection with oncological diseases only a few decades ago, and HPV vaccinations are given mainly to adolescents. But it turns out that you can get vaccinated ...