Florida Department of Health

A state plan would remove mandates on schoolchildren receiving shots for chickenpox, hepatitis B, Hib and pneumococcal disease. Comments can be made through Sept. 14.

The health department is proposing a rule to remove hepatitis B, chickenpox, Hib, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine mandates for school attendance.

A number of retired scientists say the contamination could affect as many as 1,000 private water wells south of Tallahassee.

Participants in ADAP will be able to access funds to cover their HIV medication after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Tuesday to mitigate the cuts imposed earlier this month.

Doctors have warned that removing school mandates and leaving decisions fully up to parents will erode vaccination rates further and eliminate herd immunity levels.

Dr. Mobeen Rathore in Jacksonville explains what we've learned about the disease and what its future looks like.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, along with Gov. Ron DeSantis, made the announcement Wednesday.

The deaths caused by Vibrio vulnificus bacterium were in Bay, Broward, Hillsborough, and St. Johns counties, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The state agency advises people to skip the shot because it doesn’t target the current dominant variant. A USF epidemiologist says it will still be effective.

FDOH says it has started notifying those who were potentially affected by the breach that happened June 26.