Florida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from school suffering a measles outbreak
Floridaโs controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary schoolโs measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their student attends class.
DeSantis gets in shouting match over racist killings, admonishes COVID-19 vaccines at Florida event
Thursday morning in Jacksonville, during a Coronavirus-themed news conference at a Southside Irish pub, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo urged a crowd to trust Gov. Ron DeSantis on COVID-19 โinstead of all these PhDs and MDs.โ
Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study
An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Floridaโs surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the shot.
Gov. Ron DeSantis calls to permanently ban COVID-19 restrictions in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced a package of proposals Tuesday to make permanent bans on COVID-19-related restrictions in Florida, from mask requirements to medical professionalsโ ability to disagree with those COVID-19 restrictions.
UF claims no standing to review facultyโs critique of Ladapoโs โcherry pickingโ vaccine guidance
A group of University of Florida medical-school faculty members challenged controversial guidance by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on COVID-19 vaccinations, but a university official said Wednesday the guidance is outside the scope of Ladapoโs work with the school.
Florida medical boards block treatments for transgender minors
Doctors will no longer be allowed to provide treatments such as puberty-blocking medications, hormone therapy and surgery to transgender people younger than 18, under rules approved Friday by the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
Ladapo rejects adding COVID-19 to Florida Vaccines for Children Program, recommended immunization lists ahead of CDC vote
Tuesday on Twitter, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo stated that regardless of what the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) decides, โnothing changes in FL.โ
8 months after News 6 requested surgeon generalโs emails, Florida produces 8 pages
Nearly eight months after News 6 submitted a public records request seeking emails and other communications created by Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo during his first two weeks on the job, the Florida Department of Health released eight pages of un-redacted documents.
DeSantis signs bill allowing in-person visitors in Florida hospitals, nursing facilities
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a โNo Patient Left Aloneโ bill into law Wednesday, establishing in-person hospital and nursing home visitation rights throughout the state regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.
WATCH LIVE: Gov. DeSantis holds news conference
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday held a news conference in Jacksonville, which was delayed by a group of citizens and activists who wanted to question the governor about his pandemic policies, to put more political pressure on the Biden Administration to release more monoclonal antibody treatment doses to Florida.
Floridaโs top doctor blames inability to โcommunicate clearlyโ for mask refusal
Florida's surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, is now responding days after he was asked to leave a meeting with Democratic state Sen. Tina Polsky โ who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer โ because he refused to wear a mask.
โWe are going to contest that immediately:โ DeSantis plans to fight federal COVID vaccine mandate
Gov. Ron DeSantis is gearing up for another legal fight with the federal government as President Joe Biden plans to release an executive order that will mandate companies with more than 100 employees to require vaccinations for workers or submit them to weekly COVID-19 testing.
First Lady Casey DeSantis resigns from Florida Children and Youth Cabinet following cancer diagnosis
First Lady Casey DeSantis has stepped down as chairwoman of the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet, four days after it was announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer, the governorโs office said Friday.