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 ...
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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo personally altered a state-driven study about Covid-19 vaccines last year to suggest that some doses pose a significantly higher health risk for young men than had been established by the broader medical community, according to a newly obtained docu...
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 ...
CORRECTION (March 19, 2022): Monica Gandhi is a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco. An earlier version of this story had the university name wrong.Sign Up For Our Weekly Newsletter Our Sources WFLA, "DeSantis, Florida Surgeon General push bill that would ...
Rachel Maddow Show: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's judgment about the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be getting worse, not better.
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 ...
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.
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees announced the change in a public health advisory. The order states that vaccinated Floridians, who have received all necessary immunizations, no longer need to avoid social and recreational gatherings except in “limited circumstances.” More from the Tampa...
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. ...