Florida could become the first state in the nation to eliminate vaccine requirements for students. Dr. Omer Awan tells ...

The proposal also would allow parents, guardians and college and university applicants ages 18 to 23 to opt out of participating in a statewide database, known as the Florida SHOTS program, that ...

Local 10’s Glenna Milberg spoke with Dr. Paul Robinson, former president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, on This Week ...

A new textile program at the Columbia Correctional Institution gives inmates the chance give back while learning job skills.

Let's hope state legislators will be listening closely to not only the public, but to the medical community and actual ...

Florida is moving to roll back long-standing vaccine requirements for schoolchildren — a push driven in large part by the ...

South Carolina health officials say a measles outbreak is growing amid holiday travel and low vaccination rates, and they ...

The guidance after 1991 recommended that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at least 24 hours after birth, leading to a major decline in infections.

Under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials have changed guidance on hepatitis B vaccines, ...

Doctors have warned that removing mandates and leaving decisions fully up to parents will erode vaccination rates further, ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Tune in to WJHG at 6:00 p.m. on Friday night to hear how the Florida Department of Health plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates for children in public and private ...

The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday took a step toward eliminating four childhood vaccine mandates — a move the department can take without the Legislature’s sign-off or the governor’s ...