House Speaker Daniel Perez said his chamber won't consider the DeSantis administration's top health care priority, making it easier for parents to opt out of mandated school vaccines. (Photo by Scott ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis and his surgeon general have railed against vaccine mandates. Now measles cases are soaring in Florida and GOP legislators are pushing back.

Some GOP members of the Senate Appropriations Committee argued that the proposal would put vulnerable children at risk and bring back previously eradicated diseases.

"A bill that hasn't moved in the House is not going to be brought up at this time." ...

Legislation easing Florida's vaccination requirement for schools and other facilities appears dead as the 2026 session of the ...

Joseph Ladapo made national news when he said he wanted to abolish all school vaccine mandates, but the Legislature never ...

Saying many families had lost trust in the public health system, the Florida Senate on Monday passed legislation creating more exemptions for the state’s school vaccine requirements. State House ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida senators are set to confirm four new Board of Medicine appointees, one of whom is ardently opposed to abortion, hormonal birth control and vaccine requirements. Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren, after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called for the state to become the first in ...

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Florida may keep some required vaccine mandates after all. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made national news in September when he announced a plan to remove all vaccine mandates from state law.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, M.D., and Gov. Ron DeSantis are working with the legislature to end all vaccine mandates for schoolchildren in the state. The two leaders announced their ...