Florida Republicans advance bill to weaken vaccine protections for children
But effort fell short of state surgeon general’s promise to end Florida’s immunization mandates altogetherRepublicans advanced a bill in the Florida legislature this week to weaken vaccine protections for children, but it fell well short of state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo’s promise made...
<p>But effort fell short of state surgeon general’s promise to end Florida’s immunization mandates altogether</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans">Republicans</a> advanced a bill in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida">Florida</a> legislature this week to weaken <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/vaccines">vaccine</a> protections for children, but it fell well short of state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo’s promise <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/florida-vaccine-mandate">made last year</a> to end immunization mandates.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1756">proposed new law</a>, introduced by Jacksonville state senator Clay Yarborough, and which narrowly passed the chamber’s health policy committee on Monday in a 6-4 vote, seeks only to expand exemptions for parents who do not want their school-age children vaccinated.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/florida-bill-advances-weaken-vaccine-protections-children">Continue reading...</a>
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