The doctor said in his suicide note that he'd become 'averse' to immunizations in the last decade.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit and the Ontario Medical Association are stressing the importance getting vaccinated.

The group alleges the Immunization of School Pupils Act breaches several charter rights, including those to freedom of conscience and religion as well as liberty and security of the person.

The program will be in place when the school year begins Tuesday, requiring parents of unvaccinated children to speak to health officials.

The B.C. government has outlined next steps requiring parents to register their children’s immunization records at school by the fall, with all students in both public and private schools required to provide proof of immunization against measles and other diseases.

Health authorities across British Columbia administered 15,796 doses of measles-containing vaccines to kindergarten to Grade 12 students from April 1 to May 30.

The actor joined Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lobby against a California bill that would mandate parents get approval from public health if they don't want their child vaccinated.

Although most Canadians say that vaccines should be mandatory, many still have questions about side effects, according to an exclusive Ipsos poll.

Nicole Mollina encountered some availability problems when she tried to book her daughter in for her one-year vaccination with Alberta Health Services.

The Alberta Party said, if elected to government this spring, it would require children to have up-to-date immunizations in order to attend publicly-funded schools.