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The rule change would remove mandates for Hepatitis B, chicken pox, Hib, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

Medical professionals and public health organizations largely oppose the repeal, warning of public health risks.

Supporters of the change cite parental rights and medical freedom as their primary reasons.

Florida’s medical community came out in force at a Department of Health workshop in the state's Panhandle, speaking out against the agency’s move to repeal vaccine requirements for children in public schools.

The meeting was held Dec. 12 in Panama City. Pediatricians and public health workers from Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Naples and Gainesville used their two minutes of public comment time to describe the problems they saw before certain vaccines were av

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