As surgeon general, Rivkees oversaw the health department during some of the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic in Florida. However, he was hardly the public-facing figure that Ladapo has turned out to be. Whereas the current surgeon general makes frequent appearances ...
Florida's state surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, is calling for doctors to stop recommending mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, citing alleged health risks promoted by anti-vaccine activists that federal health officials have already refuted as "implausible" and "misleading." Ina bulletinposted Wednesday ...
A doctor who appeared in a video tweeted by Donald Trump questioning the need for covid lockdowns and promoting the use of unproven treatments has said, in his new post as Florida surgeon general, that the state will recommend against covid vaccination for healthy children. The move goes ...
Wilson is now being sued, along with Joseph Ladapo, the Florida surgeon general and head of the Department of Health, by Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group sponsoring Amendment 4. It claims the threatening letters sent to the television stations violated their First Amendment rights. The “...
WHERE’S CASEY?First lady DeSantis is holding a press conference in Panama City at 10 a.m. Central with Florida Department of Health Surgeon General Joe Ladapo, Bay County Superintendent of Schools Mark McQueen and Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford. ...
The Florida Department of Health released new guidelines on vaccines for kids on March 8, less than two weeks after Ladapo, a Harvard-educated doctor and former UCLA professor, was confirmed to his position as Florida’s surgeon general. ...
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo cited a recent study from the New York State Department of Health, which looked at Pfizer’s coronavirus shot and found the vaccine’s effectiveness against hospitalizations in children ages 5 to 11 dropped from 100% to 48% over the course of about ...
Matt Hitchings, an infectious disease epidemiologist and professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, told the Times that it seems that sections of the analysis were omitted because they did not fit the narrative the surgeon general wanted to push. ...
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Florida's new surgeon general has negotiated an unusual two-year arrangement that allows him to remain employed at the University of Florida --- and keep his tenured position --- while also being in charge of the state Department of Health. ...
The Florida Surgeon General is accusing the White House of scaling back distribution of monoclonal antibody treatment for political reasons. TAMPA, Fla.-The Florida Department of Health announced an abrupt end to monoclonal antibody treatments forCOVID-19after the Food and Drug Adminis...