Overview

• Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state will seek to remove school-entry immunization requirements and created a Florida MAHA commission to review public-health rules.
• Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo called every mandate "wrong" and compared them to "slavery," casting the shift as parental medical freedom.
• Ladapo said some requirements could be rolled back by the health department while others would require the Legislature, and no timetable was provided.
• The initiative aligns with federal shifts under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Trump administration, as California, Oregon and Washington moved to shore up their own vaccination policies.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics and Florida educators warned that ending requirements could depress coverage and increase risks of measles, polio and other preventable disease outbreaks.