Dr. Joseph Ladapo

Ladapo appeared before Miami Dade County’s committee on safety and health Tuesday, alongside University of Florida professor Ashley J. Malin— whose research focuses on the potential negative effects of fluoride— and two dentists to speak against fluoride in local water supplies.

In the wake of measles cases at a Broward school, Florida's surgeon general writes that the Department of Health “is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance” without urging the need for MMR vaccinations.

Experts said that small DNA fragments found in the vaccines are not cause for concern. Cells are needed to make vaccines, and those cells contain DNA.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo called for a "halt" in the use of the mRNA vaccines, contradicting recommendations from federal health agencies.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo are directly contradicting federal health recommendations and warning residents against the new COVID-19 booster.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is criticizing efforts across the U.S. to tamp down a recent jump in COVID-19 cases through temporary restrictions or masking. DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo spoke against COVID-19 restrictions that have been implemented recently to combat a new uptick in COVID cases.

Joseph Ladapo took to social media to suggest a link between two Florida college basketball players' cardiac arrests and the COVID-19 vaccine. But one expert said public health officials carry a responsibility to be careful about what they say.

Tampa Bay Times reporter Chris O'Donnell discusses his findings from a report in which key data was withheld when Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo recommended that young men not get the shot.

An analysis that was the basis of Florida surgeon general's recommendation against young men getting the vaccine omitted info that showed catching COVID could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death more than the shot.

The lawsuit, filed by families in St. Johns, Alachua, Duval and Orange counties against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and the state boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, claims Florida’s prohibition against puberty-blocking hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for minors violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution.

Gov. Ron DeSantis vows to pass a measure that would shield physicians from being disciplined for expressing views on issues such as COVID-19.

A group of University of Florida medical school faculty members challenged controversial guidance by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on COVID-19 vaccinations, but a university official said Wednesday the guidance is outside the scope of Ladapo’s work with the school.