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Medical freedom or risk? Florida criticized for eliminating vaccine mandates

The American Academy of Pediatrics said the plan to end all vaccine mandates sets Florida up to become the first state that won’t require vaccines for school entry. The American Medical ... read more

Freedom or risk? Florida moves to end vaccine mandates

Ladapo called vaccine mandates “immoral.” He said the Florida Department of Health will rewrite rules to get rid of about a half dozen vaccine requirements. “So, those are going to be gone for sure,” ... read more

Florida's new vaccine policy will cause children to die, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says

Ending vaccine mandates for children, as Florida did last week, will lead to unnecessary deaths, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said. read more

RFK Jr.’s mixed vax signals put Black school kids at higher risk

Healh and Human Services Secretary John F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, has dirupted the trust between parents and the government's back-to-school vacciine routine — once a time-honored ... read more

FDA restricts access to COVID vaccines for healthy adults and kids — RFK touts ‘science, safety, and common sense’

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday restricted access to COVID-19 vaccines by ending their emergency authorization and refining eligibility standards to exclude most healthy ... read more

Bill Gates says rising anti-vaccine sentiment in U.S. will exact heavy toll overseas

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ... read more

The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them. The agency is limiting the updated shots to people ... read more