Florida has 162 measles cases reported and no dashboard — so it’s considering dropping 4 school vaccine requirements
Source: Fortune ·
Only 88.9% of Florida kindergartners got the MMR vaccine in the 2025-26 school year, below the 95% threshold needed for herd immunity.
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The Florida Department of Health held a hearing in October 2026 on a proposal to remove four vaccine requirements for entry into school and childcare: Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib , chickenpox , pneumococcal and hepatitis B . These vaccines entered use in the U.S. at different times from the early 1980s through 2000. Prior to that, there were millions of chickenpox cases and thousands of serious bacterial infections and preventable deaths among American children each year. Vaccination has dramatically reduced the toll of these diseases. Many parents today grew up during the transition to widespread vaccination for these diseases and may never have witnessed the severe complications these vaccines help prevent. I’m an epidemiologist who studies vaccine-preventable illnesses and health communication , and I worry that perhaps the luxury of forgetting about these diseases could end up giving rise to a generation of children who aren’t vaccinated against them. School vaccination…