On May 1, 2019, a spokesperson for O’Rourke made a statement on vaccines for Buzzfeed News. “The evidence is clear and there is wide agreement among doctors and scientists that vaccination is the best course for our kids and our communities,” he said. “Beto and Amy have chosen to vaccinate their three children because they …
On May 1, 2019, a spokesperson for Harris offered a statement on vaccines for Buzzfeed News: “She thinks people should get vaccines.”
President Trump’s administration has been overtly hostile toward policies that would address climate change. Some of their actions include pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords, burying reports on the effects of climate change, and claiming that climate change is a hoax. On November 6, 2012, Trump tweeted: “The concept of global warming was created …
On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13769 entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” The order has since been nicknamed the “Muslim ban” or the “travel ban” because it banned the entry of foreign nationals from seven majority Muslim countries, and asserted other restrictions on refugee and …
The United States is on track to surpass the record number of measles cases in a single year since the vaccine-preventable disease was declared eliminated in 2000, according to figures reported Monday. For the fourth week in a row, health officials have added dozens of new cases to the year’s list of confirmed ones, bringing …
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Faith-based adoption agencies sued the state of Michigan on Monday, challenging a settlement that prevents them from refusing to put children in LGBT homes for religious reasons. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed the lawsuit in western Michigan’s U.S. District Court on behalf of Lansing-based St. Vincent Catholic Charities. It is among more than …
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More than 500 people across the country, mostly small children, have been infected by the super contagious measles virus in ongoing outbreaks since January. In New York, the virus has been spreading since September among Orthodox Jews, some of whom reject vaccines because of unfounded safety concerns. In Washington, mistrust of health officials and pharmaceutical …
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A group of state lawmakers is fighting back against discussions to possibly eliminate a religious exemption to the requirement that Connecticut schoolchildren be vaccinated, arguing it would be unconstitutional. The 44 senators and representatives, mostly Republicans, have sent a letter to Democratic Attorney General William Tong expressing their belief that ending the exemption would prevent …
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A U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with Father Patrick Conroy, the House chaplain, in ruling that he could not be ordered to allow a self-described atheist to offer a secular prayer to the House of Representatives. The case was brought Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation and a …
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Opinion writer Julia Bowes highlights some of the motives that drive the anti-vaccine movement. “While much of the public debate on the anti-vaxxers centers on their skepticism about the science and safety of vaccination, a deep-seated resentment of state power also courses through the movement,” writes Bowes. “Indeed, it is critical to recognize that much …
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