U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all ...

Child vaccination rates are dropping around the nation and right here in Georgia, but doctors say that people need to believe ...

An updated policy statement from the AAP reiterated the organization's support for laws that require certification of ...

A record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, and coverage for all ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for the elimination of nonmedical exemptions for routine childhood vaccinations, according to an updated policy statement issued July 28. “Because ...

AAP argues that nonmedical vaccine exemptions "erode the safety of school environments" and limit the public health value of ...

"Among the major world religious traditions, none include scriptural or doctrinal guidelines that preclude adherents from being vaccinated," AAP says. "Are we in some dystopian rerun of 2020?" ...

Dozens of pediatricians came to Capitol Hill seeking continued access to routine shots for kids, a month after the Trump ...

The plaintiffs in the case sued under West Virginia's “Equal Protection for Religion Act,” which went into law in 2023.

Infectious diseases that the U.S. had conquered decades ago — thanks to highly effective vaccines — are surging again, due to an uptick in vaccine avoidance. In 2025, three people have died and 162 ...

Health experts believe vaccine is the best bet, but some can't get the vaccine. How can anti-vaxxers avoid measles during an outbreak?