SARASOTA, Fla. -- Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have ...

Florida will work to end all vaccine mandates in the state, including for schools, the state's controversial Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, announced on Wednesday. "People have a right to ...

Florida's top health official said last week that the state will start dismantling school vaccine mandates, something no other state has done in modern U.S. history. On Sunday, in a CNN interview with ...

When Gov. Ron DeSantis hand-picked Joseph Ladapo as Florida’s surgeon general in September 2021, the role came with a second high-profile appointment: a tenured faculty position at UF. But Ladapo’s ...

Florida law says it's illegal to sell raw milk for human consumption, but that's not stopping some of the state's top officials from supporting residents who want to drink it. Some have even made a ...

Days after announcing a push to end Florida’s school vaccine mandates, state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo questioned the whooping cough vaccine’s effectiveness. In a Sept. 7 interview on CNN’s ...

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In a news conference Sept. 3, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo spoke emphatically against vaccine mandates in the state, announcing he and other top state officials will seek to end them.

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo shocked America’s medical establishment last week when they said they would try to remove requirements that kids get ...

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Sunday government officials did not conduct any data projections before deciding to roll back vaccine mandates to assess the impact this move would have on ...

University of Florida researchers found that advanced lung and skin cancer patients lived “significantly longer” after ...

A student drinks from a water fountain at an elementary school in California. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is advising Miami-Dade County to stop the long-held practice of adding fluoride to ...