Our View: Lawmakers right to tweak Maine’s vaccine law

Voters overwhelmingly support immunization requirements, but diseases can't spread among online-only students.

Another View: Mainers made the right choice on vaccine law

We can be thankful that a strong majority of voters support sound science on disease prevention.

Follow the Money: See who is donating in Maine’s vaccine referendum

Our View: Don’t be fooled by anti-vaccination Maine referendum campaign

Question 1 has nothing to do with stopping Big Pharma or most of the other talking points pushed by its backers.

Maine Voices: Non-medical vaccine opt-outs put community at risk

The weakness of vaccination programs is that that they make people forget how bad communicable diseases can be.

Letter to the Editor: Government should not require vaccination

Personal opinions shouldn't usurp the choices of others, a reader says.

Commentary: I used to be against vaccines. This is how I changed my mind.

People who were truly willing to listen to my fears helped me understand the science behind immunization.

Measles making comeback on widening anti-vaccine movement

'Vaccine hesitancy,' despite evidence refuting a 1998 claim that linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism, is slowing attempts to stop children from dying from preventable diseases.

Our View: ‘Opt-out’ fallout includes Westbrook chicken pox outbreak

A three-week quarantine for some day care charges shows the impact of forgoing immunizations.

Commentary: Be afraid

Despite assurances that bad things – pandemic flu, asteroids, nuclear attacks – are inevitable, we're still unprepared for them.