Florida failed at loosening vaccine mandates. A doctor explains the public health consequences of such an action had it come ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The vaccination rate of Florida kindergarteners has fallen to 90.6%, the lowest in over a decade, and concerned pediatricians say ...

EXCLUSIVE: The state of Florida is suing President Biden, NASA and a number of officials and agencies within the Biden administration over its "unlawful" COVID-19 vaccine mandates requiring government ...

This is a KFF Health News story. Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have killed and maimed millions of children. Many critics of the ...

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Just weeks into the new school year, Florida's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo announced the state is going to be working to eliminate all vaccine mandates. Ladapo, who made the announcement at a press ...

Despite an outbreak of measles last year in a Weston elementary school, Broward County saw a dramatic drop in its immunization rate for kindergartners in 2025. In Broward, only 82.2% of 2024-25 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The number of children receiving routine vaccinations in Florida continues to decline, mirroring a national trend. Florida’s vaccination rate for kindergartners is among the ...

FILE: Middle school student Elise Robinson receives her first coronavirus vaccination on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. The latest flu season is over in Florida, with state data showing a ...

Once eliminated, measles is spreading again in Florida as vaccination rates fall and cases reach historic levels. Here's what ...