Vaccination

Parents opting their kids out from vaccines due to philosophical reasons has nearly doubled over the past six years.

Seattle families were notified of changes to school policy. To attend school, students must be fully vaccinated, in the process of doing so, or have a signed Certificate of Exemption.

The state banned non-medical vaccine exemptions from 2016.

Austin Public Health is working with health departments in Central Texas to tell people what kind of risk of exposure to the disease there has been.

Jerome Kunkel, 18, sued the Northern Kentucky Health Department for banning unvaccinated students from school amid a chickenpox outbreak in March. Two months later, he has caught the contagious disease.

Researchers found the anti-vaccine movement is about more than false fears about autism.

The politician is now at home recovering and thanked all those who had sent him messages of support.

"I think the lesson is the diseases that we think we have vanquished lay in wait for us."

"I can only continue to push that my point is fundamentally about whether or not the government can force you to take an injection," in the midst of measles outbreaks.

With measles outbreaks in multiple states and growing backlash against the anti-vaccination movement, Washington Health Secretary John Wiesman urged lawmakers and concerned Americans to take action.

The number of measles cases in the Philippines jumped 500 percent in just one year. Authorities urged parents to vaccinate their children.

A California anti-vaxxer interrupted a Utah congressional debate at Dixie State University Monday, yelling into the GOP candidate's microphone, "vaccines cause autism."

"New foci of antivaccine activities are being established in major metropolitan areas, rendering select cities vulnerable," researchers reported.

But having the shot is still the only way to prevent an epidemic.

A new human Lyme disease vaccine could be approved as early as next year.

If confidence in vaccination falls, herd immunity will fall and epidemics will recur.

Because bringing up the condition is still a social taboo, prevention and treatment for anal cancer are stuck in the 1970s.

"There is no mercy, we have decided to deal with the refusal cases with iron hands."

Nearly 80 percent say they believe all children should be vaccinated.

Gates Foundation recruits Pulitzer-winning writer, Academy Award-winning filmmaker and others for vaccination campaign.

Chad Hayes on why he allowed his baby to be given all the shots.

You have been duped and misled, explains a doctor.

Even libertarians should support giving officials powers to control against disease by quarantine and vaccination.

Measles, a leading killer of children worldwide, is creeping back in the U.S.

Was the tragedy caused by a mix-up or a deliberate sabotage of the measles vaccines?