Supreme Court Decision Fuels Vaccine Skepticism Amid Parental Rights Debate
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a New York court's decision mandating vaccinations for all school students, citing parental rights to religious upbringing. This decision aligns with a broader conservative movement emphasizing parental rights in public health and education. The ruling comes as the Department of Health and Human Services investigates a Midwest school for allegedly vaccinating a child with a religious exemption. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, now influenced by vaccine skeptics, has also revised its hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns, suggesting parents delay the shot until the child is two months old. This shift reflects growing parental rights arguments in public health policy, which have been bolstered by misinformation and skepticism surrounding vaccines. 
