As vaccine exemptions spread and courts are weaponized in the name of “medical freedom,” preventable childhood diseases are ...

In 2025, federal health agencies dismantled precedents in vaccine guidance, fracturing state-federal alignment and fueling concerns about public health guidance. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy, a long-time anti-vaccine activist, has made no secret of his eagerness to revamp the immunization schedule. After ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that state laws requiring immunizations are a constitutional exercise of state police power. While there are codified exemptions in every state, arguments ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Health Officer at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, Dr. Steven Eshenaur, says the passage of a bill allowing parents to choose whether they vaccinate their children against ...

The health sector is working to navigate what could be the most significant changes to the U.S. vaccine program in decades.

Doctors and other health professionals who accept Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are typically ...

West Virginia’s children and families have long benefited from the state’s strong immunization laws requiring children attending public school to be vaccinated. Now, an effort to reverse that is ...

Two years ago, after a measles outbreak originating at Disneyland, California passed one of the stricted immunization laws in the country which prevented parents from getting vaccination exemptions ...

Tennessee was once a leader in childhood vaccines, but a Tennessee House bill would make required vaccines unconstitutional. (Photo: John Partipilo) Since 1967, Tennessee has protected students, ...