West Virginia on Track to Expand Childhood Vaccine Exemptions

Newly elected West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey, within a day of inauguration, issued an executive order1 to establish a process for religious and conscientious objections to state school or state regulated day care center vaccination requirements. This is great news for families in West Virginia who, up to this point, have only had limited medical […]
Alarming Rise in Heart Attack Rates Among Young Adults in U.S.

Heart attacks were once considered a condition primarily affecting older adults, but concerning new data reveals a rise in heart attack cases among healthy young adults. In 2019, approximately 0.3 percent of Americans aged 18-44 years old experienced a heart attack; however, that figure increased to 0.5 percent in 2023, translating to one in every […]
Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Decrease as Vaccine Exemptions Increase

New data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that vaccination rates among U.S. kindergartners averaged about 92 percent for the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines and declined during the 2023-2024 school year, while the percentage of children with vaccine exemptions reached […]
Open Letter to Students and Parents about Vaccines

Dear Students and Parents: Another school year is upon us. For many people, including students, the Covid era seems to be over. That confusing, frightening, and traumatic time finally feels like a thing of the past. However, the harms we suffered linger on. The educational losses and the mental health trauma suffered by millions of […]
Vaccine Strain Poliovirus Detected in Gaza Sewage—WHO Sending a Million Doses of Polio Vaccine

In response to a statement last week by the Palestinian Ministry of Health declaring that the Gaza Strip is “epidemic area“ for polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it will send more than one million doses of polio vaccine to be administered over the next few weeks even though the poliovirus detected in Palestine […]
Measles Outbreak in Chicago Migrant Shelter Reveals at Least 28 Percent Were Vaccinated

Following identification of 15 cases of measles in a Chicago shelter that houses migrants from Venezuela, city public health officials announced on Mar. 20, 2024 that “measles is circulating in our city. And it’s why we are putting a call out for everyone who is at risk to protect themselves now” by getting a measles-mumps-rubella […]