Vaccines

DeSantis will need Florida lawmakers’ blessing to end childhood vaccine mandates

If Florida wants to become the first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates, lawmakers will need to give their approval.

Renner reacts to Ladapo describing Florida’s vaccine mandates with opt-out options as ‘disdain and slavery’

A former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, who recently announced he is entering the Florida governor’s race, criticized the surgeon general’s shift on vaccine mandates.

Health Secretary Kennedy faces questions about vaccine policy shift during contentious Senate hearing

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answered questions about his vaccine policy during a contentious U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday.

Florida school districts wait for ‘official guidance’ on childhood vaccines mandated by law

Some teachers fear that Florida’s plan to get rid of childhood vaccine mandates will impact the safety of their classrooms and communities.

As COVID-19 booster shots are approved for adults, local hospital offers vaccine for kids

As the CDC and the FDA give approval for adults to receive COVID-19 boosters, a South Florida hospitals begins to offer the vaccine for children.

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approval for all school-aged children may come in October

Pfizer is planning to submit its data for COVID-19 vaccine approval to the FDA for emergency use authorization in all school-aged children by the end of this month, or early October.

CNN fires three unvaccinated staff members

Three CNN employees, who went into the office unvaccinated, are out of a job this Friday. It’s one of the first reported times an American corporation terminates an employee because of their COVID-19 vaccination status.