New York eliminated a religious exemption to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren Thursday, following a trend of states trying to clamp down on opt-outs in the face of its worst measles outbreak in ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The lawyer representing the three nurses in court in Lower Manhattan just got a temporary restraining order for his clients, two nurses at Syosset Hospital and a third in Syracuse.

Exemptions from vaccinations are being scrutinized around the country after several measles outbreaks have been reported in New York, Washington and Texas. California has eliminated religious ...

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 ...

The decision was handed down by a judge in West Virginia, which has one of the country’s strictest school vaccination laws ...

TRENTON, New Jersey (WABC) -- New Jersey lawmakers postponed an expected vote on a bill to eliminate most religious exemptions for vaccines for schoolchildren saying they lacked the votes, and leading ...

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 ...