Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has dismissed concerns that not enough research was done before he and Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last month that they intend to dismantle school vaccine ...

Coronavirus press conference, with Gov. Ron DeSantis (right), Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees (at the podium), then-Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, (left) and then-Deputy Secretary for Health Shamarial ...

Florida Department of Health Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo during a press conference held on Tuesday August 6, 2025, in Miami, Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo ...

FLORIDA – The former Florida surgeon general said the state will be vulnerable to preventable diseases if the vaccine mandate ends. Dr. Scott Rivkees, who served from 2019 to 2021 during the pandemic, ...

Ladapo was affiliated after Harvard with New York University and later UCLA, where his op-eds against the pandemic response were noticed by DeSantis, who tapped him as Florida surgeon general in 2021.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo says he does not want mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to be available in Florida.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo appeared Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union to explain and defend the state government’s decision to eliminate all vaccine mandates. What he said left the ...

Florida's surgeon general said he isn't ready to make recommendations​ on the use of acetaminophen by pregnant women.

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The former Florida surgeon general said the state will be vulnerable to preventable diseases if the vaccine mandate ends. Dr. Scott Rivkees, who served from 2019 to 2021 during the pandemic, said ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo shocked America's medical establishment last week when they said they would try to remove requirements that kids get vaccinated to attend ...