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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced plans to work with the state Legislature to repeal vaccine mandates.

Medical organizations, including UF Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have voiced strong opposition to the move, emphasizing that vaccines are safe and essential.

Florida law currently requires immunizations for diseases like polio, measles, and tetanus for children attending school.

Hours after Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the Department of Health and the Legislature would work hand-in-hand to repeal vaccine mandates in the state, national organizations, state university medical centers and former Florida officials came out against the move.

Ladapo has been Florida's surgeon general since 2021 and is also a professo

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