New York Threatens Prison for Vaccine Refusal, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) TUCSON, Ariz., April 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to an order signed today by Oxiris Barbot, M.D., New York City Commissioner of Health, all persons, adults or children, who live, work, or...

HPV Vaccine Mandate Ill-Advised, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) TUCSON, Ariz., March 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Connecticut is considering legislation to end the religious exemption for mandated vaccines and to mandate human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for...

Forced Vaccination Unnecessary, Violates Human Rights, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An outbreak of measles in Washington State is the latest news hook for efforts to tighten vaccine mandates and oppose efforts, as in Arizona, to...

Mandates for Adult Vaccination Need Exemptions for Pre-menopausal Women, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 15, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Indiana state senate has passed a bill, SB 162, that will allow hospitals to fire workers having patient contact who do not provide evidence of...

Nurse Tells Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons How She Was Fired for Refusing Flu Vaccine TUCSON, Ariz., March 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A critical-care nurse who had worked at Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital (IUHGH) for 22 years tells the story of how she and coworkers were...