PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday took a step toward eliminating four childhood vaccine mandates — a move the department can take without the Legislature’s sign-off or the governor’s signature. The proposal, which was debated during a Friday workshop in Panam... Read more
Spokesman - Dec 12
A federal advisory committee voted Friday to lift a 30-year-old recommendation that all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine. Read more
Usnews - Dec 05
Kristina Bumphrey / Variety via Getty ImagesFormer 9-1-1 actor Rockmond Dunbar lost his lawsuit against Disney on Friday after a jury rejected his claim that he was fired from the show over his religious beliefs. Dunbar sued Disney, the parent company of ABC, the network that produces 9-1-1, in 2... Read more
The Daily Beast - Oct 18
Surgeon general Joseph Ladapo retreats on his plans after the US president says: ‘You have vaccines that work’It took barely two days, and some huffs of disapproval from the White House, before Joseph Ladapo’s bold plan to eliminate all vaccine mandates in Florida began to deflate.The action, the... Read more
The Guardian - Sep 14
The current head of human resources at the Department of War (DOW), formerly the Department of Defense (DOD), was the "architect" of the military's previous Diversity and Inclusion program, enforced the unlawful COVID vaccine mandate, and developed a program that expedited citizenship for nonciti... Read more
Brietbart - Sep 09
Health department says vaccines for polio, measles and other diseases will still be mandatory ‘unless updated through legislation’Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide... Read more
The Guardian - Sep 07
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said on Sunday that government officials did not conduct any data projections before deciding to roll back vaccine mandates to gauge the impact such a move would have on the overall case numbers in the state. “Absolutely not,” Ladapo said on CNN’s “State of t... Read more
The Hill - Sep 07
Childhood vaccines keep us safe. If we can't take this small step for the greater good, where does the ignorance of science lead us next? Read more
Orlando Sentinel - Sep 06
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Florida-based pediatrician Mona Amin about Governor Ron DeSantis' push to eliminate vaccine mandates in his state, and what that could mean for Floridians' health. Read more
Npr - Sep 05
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Gazette - Sep 05
