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Michael Hiltzik: Anti-vaxxers loved to cite this study of COVID vaccine deaths. Now it's been retracted

Back in January, an academic study gave heart to critics of COVID-19 vaccines by estimating the number of U.S. deaths from the vaccines at 278,000.

Los Angeles Times

Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study

An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the shot

The Independent UK

Florida health officials removed key data from COVID vaccine report

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced in October that young men should not get the COVID-19 vaccine, guidance that runs counter to medical advice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Florida families with trans children file federal lawsuit to overturn ban on gender-affirming care

Parents and civil rights groups sue medical officials and Ron DeSantis’s surgeon general

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Florida families sue state for banning transgender care for youth

Florida’s ban on gender-affirming medical treatment for youth is unconstitutional, a group of parents and transgender children alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.

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Editorial: Florida’s surgeon general picks a fight with the CDC, and DeSantis scores political points

The feds took on Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo last week in a highly critical letter responding to the state’s top doctor’s fear-mongering claims about COVID vaccine risks.

Tribune News Service

Under fire, DeSantis, Ladapo keep trashing COVID-19 vaccines

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wake of federal health officials’ harshest criticism yet of their anti-COVID vaccine views, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis persisted Thursday in claiming the “mRNA jabs” are worthless at best and even dangerous, despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary.

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US agencies debunk Florida surgeon general's vaccine claims

U.S. health agencies have sent a letter to Florida’s surgeon general, warning him that his claims about COVID-19 risks are harmful to the public

The Independent UK

Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Michael Hiltzik: A transgender patient's lawsuit against Kaiser is a front for the conservative war on LGBTQ rights

California teenager Chloe Cole has become something of a star of the movement to deny treatments to transgender youth.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: COVID deniers think a new study says mask mandates don't work. They should try reading it

What is it about conservative COVID deniers and masks?

Los Angeles Times

Florida surgeon general, again questioning COVID vaccines, sends letter to CDC, FDA

Florida’s top health official sent a letter this week to the heads of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could be dangerous.

Tribune News Service

Ron DeSantis moves to permanently ban Covid mandates in Florida

Governor proposes legislation to ban mask requirements and outlaw ‘discrimination based on vaccine status’

The Guardian - US

DeSantis wants his ban of COVID vaccine and mask mandates made permanent

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Touting his efforts to keep Florida’s economy open during the COVID-19 pandemic by banning mask and vaccine mandates, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he wants lawmakers to make those measures permanent, calling them a “prescription for freedom.”

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Florida vaccine policy based on ‘careless’ research practices, UF faculty say

Orlando Sentinel

Florida Supreme Court OKs Gov. DeSantis’ grand jury probe of COVID vaccines

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday granted Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a grand jury to investigate COVID-19 vaccines, despite overwhelming scientific consensus they have saved millions of lives in the U.S. and across the world.

Salon

DeSantis demands COVID vax grand jury

Doctors "outraged" after DeSantis pushes investigation and truther panel to refute CDC public health guidance

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis appeals to anti-vaxxers by calling for grand jury to investigate effects of Covid vaccines

The Republican Florida governor has stoked Covid vaccine skepticism with calls for a criminal investigation

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DeSantis announces grand jury to investigate ‘wrongdoing’ around COVID-19 vaccines

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday vowed to hold accountable people in Florida who committed “wrongdoing” in relation to COVID-19 vaccines, announcing he plans to ask the Supreme Court of Florida to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate.

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Florida’s surgeon general repeats opposition to COVID vaccines

As federal health officials embark on a campaign this week to get more Americans boosted for COVID, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is digging in on social media on an earlier claim that the mRNA vaccines are unsafe and linked to deaths from myocarditis.

The Independent UK

Florida to ban transgender health care treatments for minors

Transgender children in Florida will be barred from receiving hormones or undergoing surgeries to treat gender dysphoria, under a rule approved by state medical officials at the urging of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Florida board of medicine votes to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors

The decision was met with protests at the Orlando Internation Airport, where the meeting was held

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Florida surgeon general’s COVID vaccine ‘study’ is politics dressed up as science

This far into the pandemic, tens of millions of Americans have received mRNA COVID vaccines, following vast medical trials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration continue to review the safety of the vaccines, part of what the CDC calls “the most intense safety…

Salon

Fla. surgeon general's anti-vax warning

"This study is too flawed to be used to set policy on the mRNA vaccines in younger males," one expert said

Orlando Sentinel

Feds rebuke Florida surgeon general’s advice to young men on COVID vaccine

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday responded to the results of Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s analysis of COVID-19 data that he says point to a risk for some men who get the shot.

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