Vaccines

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.

Two "measles-associated" deaths were reported by Pennsylvania health authorities this week in Lancaster County, the first such deaths so far this year in the U.S.

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

The vice president of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics knows what happens when the vaccination rate dips below herd immunity.

Pediatricians are pushing back on an executive order calling for changes to the childhood vaccination schedule.

Despite a call to end vaccine mandates in Florida, nothing has happened on a policy level. Now, pediatricians are seeing vaccine hesitancy growing.

James Uthmeier says his office will look into the former chief medical adviser to the president, who pleaded the Fifth Amendment during testimony in Washington about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida’s attempt to expand vaccine exemptions for children is back in play after it failed to pass during the regular session that ended March 13.

Florida’s regular legislative session is scheduled to end Friday. We’ve seen some priority bills pass the Senate while getting no discussion in the House.

The committee debate was vigorous at times, with some supporters unsure if they would give the bill approval on the chamber floor.