New York No Longer Allows Religious Exemptions for Vaccines
The law goes into effect immediately but will give unvaccinated students up to 30 days after they enter school to prove they’re caught up.
The law goes into effect immediately but will give unvaccinated students up to 30 days after they enter school to prove they’re caught up.
While some unvaccinated students provide waivers, the majority show up to school with no reason for lacking their vaccinations.
Until those students and faculty members can provide proof of their immunization, they will remain under quarantine until further notice.
A state senator, who is also a pediatrician, is sponsoring a new bill that would require the state health department to sign off on all medical exemptions.
Residents over the age of six months who live in four specific Brooklyn ZIP codes must be vaccinated or face a fine of up to $1,000.
After a severe measles outbreak in Rockland County, N.Y., the judge denied all unvaccinated children from returning to school.
Clark County, where an estimated 22 percent of students are not vaccinated, has confirmed 34 cases of measles since Jan. 1.
The rate of young children not receiving vaccinations has increased for the third year in a row.
In one southern Idaho county, 27 percent of the kindergarten population did not receive childhood vaccinations in the 2016-2017 school year.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. is at peak flu season and warns of several more weeks of significant flu activity.
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