” Chambers told the Globe Thursday. “I’m saying there’s a law that exists that says you can put in for two exemptions; one is medical and one is religious. In this particular case, my client ... put in for that exemption, and they said, ‘No, we’re not giving it to you....
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Ciattarelli says not only does he support a religious exemption, but would also add what he calls a "philosophical exemption." Essentially it would allow parents to opt out of mandatory school vaccinations for any reason. As COVID cases rise in New Jersey and efforts to coerce the unvaccinate...
"She would lose her career, she would lose her GI Bill," Baehr says, citing other court cases that sided with the exemption requests, "She loses a great deal if the military separates her and that's why we're filing this lawsuit." ...
A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different Associated PressFeb. 22, 2025 ...
Employees that don’t sign the form are only granted provisional exemptions. Troup said 5% of the hospital’s staff has filed for such an exemption. “A lot of this, I believe, is a hesitancy about the vaccine, and so that’s a separate issue than a religious exemption,” he concluded...
37Matthias J, Pritchard S, Martin SW et al.Sustained Transmission of Pertussis in Vaccinated, 1–5-Year-Old Children in a Preschool, Florida, USA.Emerging Infectious DiseasesJan. 15, 2016. 38Nelson JD.The changing epidemiology of pertussis in young infants. The role of adults as rese...
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is considered a top-10 global health threat. The concept of VH has been described and applied inconsistently. This systematic review aims to clarify VH by analysing how it is operationalized. We searched PubMed, Embase and PsycINFO
How easy it is to get a nonmedical exemption for a child varies drastically by state. Some states require parents to first sit through an info session on vaccines or get a doctor’s signature, while in others, it’s as simple as signing a form. “All [measles] needs is for a sp...
The bill, called the Community Immunity Act,would streamline immunization requirements and exemption processes for child care centers, schools, summer camps, colleges and universities. It also calls for “the creation and use of statewide...