• Source: Florida Department of Health

The Florida Department of Health is responsible for protecting the public health and safety of the residents and visitors of the state of Florida. It is a cabinet-level agency of the state government, headed by a state surgeon general who reports to the governor. The department has its headquarters in Tallahassee.




History


During the 1996 legislative session, the beleaguered Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was reconstructed as two entities: the Department of Health and the Florida Department of Children and Families.
The Florida Department of Health operates county health departments in all 67 of the state's counties. The agency employs more than 17,000 persons. It has worked on two-year-old immunizations, tobacco control, and statewide preparedness response efforts.
The Florida Department of Health is responsible for public health, including:

Epidemiology
Investigating foodborne illness and zoonotic and waterborne diseases
Emergency preparedness and bioterrorism
Controlling communicable disease
Health promotion and education
School health. The department manages the school health services program in cooperation with the Florida Department of Education. Funding comes from a variety of sources, including DOH and local school districts.
Women's health
Public health dentistry and oral health
Nutrition
Vaccinations/preventable disease
Eliminating health disparities
Provision of vital records
Environmental health
Medical Quality Assurance
Epilepsy
Chronic disease
Spinal cord injury prevention programs




= COVID-19

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On 15 February, 2023, the department published a safety alert from the State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo warning of “a novel increase” in adverse event reports related to mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) subsequently published a public response to Ladapo and the department, offering rebuttals to his "misinterpretations and misinformation" related to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
On 10 May, 2023, Ladapo issued an open letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky accusing their agencies of withholding information regarding the true rate of adverse events associated with COVID-19 vaccines. Ladapo issued another letter on 6 December, 2023, asking the FDA and CDC to address reports of "nucleic acid contaminants" discovered in samples of Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. The FDA dismissed his concerns as "misleading" and stated that the agency stood firm in its regulatory decision making. On 3 January, 2024, Ladapo called for a statewide halt of the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.




References






External links



Official website
Florida Department of Health Salaries
Verifying Florida physician license online

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