vaccination

The state of Florida ups pressure over vaccine mandates. The battle against breast cancer. And the deadly year for one of Florida’s favorite marine mammals.

The Florida Department of Health has threatened Orange County with fines for passing a vaccine mandate for county workers.

Now that vaccines are widely available at pharmacies and other community locations, the larger sites will begin consolidating operations this month.

Florida College in Temple Terrace is isolating students who do not have proof of vaccination against the measles after a student was diagnosed with the…

Religious exemptions from vaccinations required for school children have been on the rise in Florida.Public health officials say even a small increase in…

Pinellas and Pasco counties are starting to see significant declines in the number of hepatitis A cases that are being diagnosed each month, the state’s…

With the largest numbers of cases concentrated in Pasco, Pinellas and Volusia counties, Florida has had about 1,900 reported cases of hepatitis A this…

Florida is experiencing one of the worst Hepatitis A outbreaks in recent history. The State Department of Health puts the number of cases for this year...

A new online measles simulator shows how quickly the disease could spread in Florida.It models the state's actual population, taken from census data, and…

A measure moving through Florida’s House and Senate looks to add student immunization records to the Department of Health’s existing database....

Demand for measles vaccine has surged in the Washington county where the highly contagious virus is linked to more than 50 confirmed illnesses this year...

Earlier this week, a food service worker in Ybor City tested positive for Hepatitis A.The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County is now…