Religious exemptions have risen over decades in Massachusetts. Medical exemptions that bypass immunization have fallen in the state. None of the major religions have mandates against vaccination, ...

Previously, parents had to wait for the state to mail them the exemption form. They still have to get the form notarized ...

The debate over vaccines is in the spotlight in Massachusetts. It centers on two proposed bills that would remove the religious exemption that some parents and guardians turn to so their children ...