Some bills being considered at the Legislature this year pose a serious threat to community immunity. Reducing the number of vaccinated people is not freedom, as Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, says in his Feb. 7 commentary, it is an attack ...

Calling it a matter of public safety, Gov. Doug Ducey wants all youngsters in Arizona public schools to be vaccinated against various childhood diseases.

Arizona Department of Health Services data shows that about three in every 10 kindergartners who enrolled during the most recent school year without measles vaccines didn't have exemption forms.

Many kindergarten classrooms in Arizona are vulnerable to the spread of measles because so few students have been vaccinated.