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Fewer evangelicals support public school childhood vaccine requirements, survey shows
By Adelle M. Banks — May 16, 2023
(RNS) — Significant majorities across religious groups say the benefits of childhood vaccines outweigh the risks from getting them.
Measles is not good for the Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 1, 2019
Vaccinating children is a commandment. Taking care of health is a commandment. How much louder do you need to say this?
Faith is no excuse for skipping vaccines, says med school professor
By Bob Smietana — February 28, 2019
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — 'These are important times where religious leaders need to speak out on behalf of vaccines,' said Dr. Peter Hotez of the Baylor College of Medicine. 'We need an interfaith statement on vaccines.'
Christie’s vaccine statements aside, N.J. already allows parents to refuse on religious grounds
By Susan K. Livio — February 3, 2015
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) In the 2013-14 school year, nearly 9,000 New Jersey children used a religious exemption to decline immunizations that under state law children must receive in order to attend school.
Parents who do not vaccinate their children should go to jail (COMMENTARY)
By Alex Berezow — January 28, 2015
(RNS) Anti-vaccine parents are turning their children into little walking time bombs. They ought to be charged for endangering their children and others.
Ohio measles outbreak tied to Amish missionaries
By Kim Painter — May 14, 2014
(RNS) A measles outbreak tied to a group of Amish missionaries in Ohio has reached 68 cases, giving the state the dubious distinction of having the most cases reported in any state since 1996, health officials say.
Latest measles outbreak tied to Texas megachurch
By Liz Szabo — August 26, 2013
(RNS) An infectious disease expert says a measles outbreak at a Texas megachurch -- with low vaccination rates and a pastor who's been critical of vaccines -- is a "classic example of how measles is being reintroduced."
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