Vaccine Mandate

The Florida Academy of Family Physicians, a doctor and other individuals argue the health department failed to follow proper procedures when moving to roll back the requirements for children to receive vaccines.

If an administrative judge issues a ruling in favor of the health department in time, the DeSantis administration can implement changes before a new governor is sworn in.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration didn’t follow rulemaking procedures and overstepped its authority when it proposed eliminating mandates for four required vaccines, according to the plaintiffs.

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The state is moving forward with its push to end the requirement for four vaccines for children entering schools but has removed the words “sincerely held moral or ethical belief” from a proposed rule change.

Monday is the deadline to comment on the health department's plan to strike four longstanding immunization requirements that the advocates say are safe and lifesaving.

Takagishi, vice president of Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, discusses President Trump's recent order on MMR vaccines and what happens when rates dips below herd immunity.

Nothing has happened on a policy level. Yet, parents are confused, pediatricians are seeing vaccine hesitancy growing and exemption rates are the highest in a decade.

House Speaker Daniel Perez said a bill loosening child vaccination mandates would not be taken up during this week's legislative special session.

Florida Republicans have pushed hard to drop some vaccine requirements for children. But after many months, their efforts stalled out. Could this week's special legislative session get the job done?

Lawmakers will now return to Tallahassee on April 28, a week after the original date.

Florida aimed to become the first state in the nation to end all vaccine mandates. But lawmakers failed to agree on a path forward.