Increasing vaccination exemptions beyond medical to personal for public school children could risk the state’s leadership in communicable disease prevention, according to one health care expert. “At ...

Right now, there are only medical exemptions in the state ... to amend the bill to say parents would have to write a letter for each vaccine. That was shot down. His other amendment was also ...

I think if we go backwards on these childhood immunization laws, we are putting children in harm's way. I’ve not heard any valid religious exemptions." This bill would also protect unvaccinated ...

According to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), letters have been sent to parents ... Families can also request a vaccine exemption for certain medical or non-medical reasons.

In Texas, state law allows exemptions in three cases: If a healthcare provider determines that it is not safe for a student to get a certain vaccine, the student is in the U.S. military or the ...