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Dr. Scott Rivkees contradicts much of the evidence given by Florida’s health department in recommending that healthy children need not be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Legislators in Kansas are pushing bills to expand exemptions for school vaccines, allowing religious exemptions for all vaccine requirements without families having to provide any proof of their beliefs. Similar bills are being introduced around the nation.

According to the lawsuit, the mandate forces vaccinations on staff, volunteers and others in contact with Head Start preschool students and forces masks on everyone age 2 and older. .

The session, which starts Nov. 15, was called by Gov. Ron DeSantis to push back against the Biden administration on federal vaccination requirements.

This ruling split from a South Florida federal judge, who sided in August with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings in a challenge to the state law. In both cases, the plaintiffs argued that the law was an unconstitutional restriction on speech.

Pinellas and Hillsborough counties have adjusted the COVID-19 registration process for residents 65 and older due to website issues.

The number of vaccinations administered to children during the COVID-19 pandemic has sharply decreased, leading to worries among pediatricians about...

This week on Florida Matters, we discuss the concerns of more than 2,800 cases of hepatitis A being diagnosed in Florida so far this year. It has become…

This week on Florida Matters, we discuss the concerns of more than 2,800 cases of hepatitis A being diagnosed in Florida so far this year. It has become…

South Florida researchers believe they're one step closer to developing a more effective vaccine against HIV, after overcoming a virus that infects...

By News Service of Florida The Florida Department of Health is working with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address a...

News Service of Florida Another 90 cases of hepatitis A were reported to the Florida Department of Health during the final week of June, bringing the...