Global measles cases among children younger than 5 years rose an estimated 40% between 2020 and 2023, according to a study published last week in Nature Medicine. Deaths among children in that age-group increased 12% during the same period. For the study, an international team…
In Perry v. Dordt University, (IA Sup. Ct., Oct. 23, 2026), the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's holding that plaintiff, a Dodt University nursing student, did not have a sincerely held religious objection to the Covid vaccine. Thus, the University's refusal…
Drazen Zigic / iStock When families visit their pediatrician’s office, they often ask the medical assistant (MA) about vaccines, such as whether their children are due for vaccines or if the flu shot is available. Yet few studies have examined how…
The Florida Department of Health has hit a roadblock in its attempt to end school entry mandates for certain vaccines. Last Friday, the Florida Academy of Family Physicians filed a petition to stop the state from ending those vaccine requirements…
The most obvious benefit of having a flu vaccine is to prevent yourself from being infected with the flu. But a flu vaccine also helps keep the disease from spreading to other people. Annual flu vaccines offer significant benefits to…
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled against a Dordt College nursing student in a COVID vaccine case. Dordt Student Andrew Perry was required to get the COVID vaccine before going into his clinical nursing rotation, but asked for a religious…
The Iowa Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favor of Dordt University in a religious discrimination case involving a former nursing student and the COVID-19 vaccine. In November 2021, nursing student Andrew Perry requested a religious exemption from the vaccine, which…
Under New York Public Health Law § 2164, children attending public, private, or parochial schools for more than 14 days must be vaccinated against specified diseases unless they qualify for a medical exemption. Each violation carries a fine of up to $2,000, and the…
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a ruling that a mandate for a nursing student to get the COVID-19 vaccine does not amount to religious discrimination because it was the parents, not the student, who held the…
Over the past five years, measles outbreaks have hit more than 100 countries. Canada lost its official measles elimination status on Nov. 10, 2025. The United States could be next as measles cases in the U.S. continue to rise. To find out where this…
Children's vaccines: vaccination rates, kindergarten coverage, school mandates and the exemptions parents claim.
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