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Vaccinations
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California Employment Law Update
Employee Gave Adequate Notice Of Religious Belief In Refusing COVID Vaccination
By Tony Oncidi
Weiss v. The Permanente Med. Grp., Inc., 182 F.4th 1139 (9th Cir. 2026) Permanente initially granted employee Mimi Weiss a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, then requested supplemental…
Religion Clause
Maine’s Compulsory School Vaccination Law Upheld
In We the Patriots USA, Inc. v. Makin, (D ME, Sept. 8, 2026), a Maine federal district court rejected free exercise and Establishment Clause challenges to Maine's compulsory vaccination law…
Balkinization
Trump, vaccination, and the right to kill children
By andrewkoppelmanbalkin-blogspot-com
Does liberty mean a right to kill other people’s children, slowly and painfully? It would, if the Trump Administration had its way. It’s pressing states to allow broad vaccine exemptions as part…
JURIST
Trump order directs Justice Department to sue states over vaccine exemptions
By Publisher
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday urging states to scale back school immunization requirements and directing the Attorney General to pursue litigation against states that fail to provide…
Religion Clause
Florida AG Tells Catholic Schools to Grant Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Requirements [Corrected]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier last week sent a letter (full text) to Florida's Conference of Catholic Bishops complaining that some Catholic schools in Florida may be adopting what Uthmeier…
Marler Blog
When the CDC Warns Americans About Hepatitis A in Canada, It’s Time to Talk About Vaccinating Food Workers
By Bill Marler
We are used to seeing CDC travel notices for hepatitis A attached to destinations with limited sanitation infrastructure. We are not used to seeing one attached to Canada. Yet on…
Religion Clause
2nd Circuit Reaffirms Permissibility of NY Repeal of Religious Exemptions from School Vaccination Requirements
In Miller v. McDonald, (2d Cir., June 30, 2026), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its earlier decision that New York's repeal of its religious belief exemption from required…
Healthcare Law Blog
Navigating Clinical Practice with the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Updated Hepatitis B Recommendation for Newborns
By Krysten Thomas, Amy Dilcher
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (“ACIP”) develops recommendations for how vaccinations are used to control disease in the United States. Earlier this month,…
California Employment Law Update
COVID-19 Religious Discrimination Claim Was Properly Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Med. Ctr., 2025 WL 2700000 (9th Cir. 2025) Sherry M. Detwiler worked as a privacy officer and the Director of Health Information for a hospital (Mid-Columbia Medical Center)…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Remands Amish Parents’ Challenge to Ending of Religious Exemptions from Vaccinations
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. McDonald, (Docket No. 25-133, Dec. 8, 2025) (Order List), granted certiorari, vacated the 2nd Circuit's judgment, and remanded the case to the Second…