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Morrisey: Vaccine exemption executive order not ignoring state law

CHARLESTON — In his first public reaction to a lawsuit filed last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said that his executive order allowing for religious and philosophical exemptions to West Virginia’s mandatory immunization program for entering public and private schools was not violating state ...

RFK Jr. seeks dismissal of NIOSH lawsuit

CHARLESTON — A federal judge has already granted a preliminary injunction to halt layoffs within coal-related programs at the Morgantown National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health facility, but the leader of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants the entire case ...

ACLU-WV sues to block Morrisey’s religious vaccine exemptions

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of two parents Friday seeking to block an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey allowing for religious exemptions to the state school-age immunization program. Attorneys for the ACLU-WV ...