Florida is poised to become the first state to drop all vaccine requirements, including immunizations for schools. At a Sept. 3 press conference in Valrico in Hillsborough County, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Dr. Joseph Ladapo, whose credentials include two Harvard University degrees, says that requiring vaccinations for diseases like measles, polio and chickenpox amounts to ...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo praised national advocacy group Moms for Liberty for supporting his efforts to eliminate vaccine mandates for school children. He also urged ...

On September 17, 2025, MidPoint discussed the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Florida’s law and policies on mandatory vaccines. We welcomed infectious disease specialist, ...

WESH TWO INVESTIGATES IS LEARNING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE STATE’S PLAN TO ELIMINATE ALL VACCINE MANDATES. WHILE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS STARTED THE PROCESS OF MAKING SOME VACCINES ...

Days after announcing a push to end Florida’s school vaccine mandates, state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo questioned the whooping cough vaccine’s effectiveness. In a Sept. 7 interview on CNN’s ...

WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true facts, unaffected by agenda or biases. Florida’s Surgeon General Dr.

Who is Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida Surgeon General? Joseph Abiodun Ladapo, 46, is a native of Nigeria and the son of a microbiologist who immigrated to the U.S. with his family in the 1980s. Ladapo ...