“We have just been trying to get through the pandemic as best as we can,” said Erin Kirschner, a San Diego-area resident and mother. Kirschner’s son Jonah, who is 13 years old, was diagnosed with ...

A sharp debate over religious exemptions to school vaccine mandates is intensifying across the nation, just as vaccination rates of schoolchildren are declining and childhood diseases such as measles ...

Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey on Friday directed clergy not to provide letters of religious exemption for Catholics wishing not to receive a coronavirus vaccine. “Pope Francis has highly encouraged ...

WHEELING — Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday his executive order providing religious and philosophical exemptions to required vaccines for school children “still stands,” and he has “no intention ...

West Virginia's Capitol dome is shown Friday, Oct.1 4, 2005, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File) CHARLESTON — In-person and virtual public charter schools will continue to follow West ...