Hundreds of Maryland parents will likely opt their children out of required vaccinations this year through the nonmedical religious exemption. Getty Images. With schools set to start in a couple weeks ...

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 ...

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, ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Vaccinating school-aged children-- it is a topic so divisive, and yet the law in North Carolina is crystal clear. It states children need certain vaccines to attend all public, ...