Family physicians ask administrative court to halt Florida's plan to end 4 school vaccines

A group of physicians is asking an administrative court to halt Florida's push to end the requirement that children get four vaccines to attend school.The Florida Academy of Family Physicians filed a petition with the Division of Administrative Hearings on Friday. It alleges the Department of Health failed to follow proper procedures in moving to roll back the requirements for hepatitis B, varicella (chickenpox), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.The other petitioners are Dr. Danielle Carter of Jacksonville, a 70-year-old with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia who is vulnerable to viruses and is identified as T.K. in court documents; and a school nurse identified as K.O. Both are anonymous.The petition says the "philosophical beliefs" of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who helped lead the push for the repeal, do not override the department's statutory mandate "to prevent the spread of communicable diseases by supervising and securing the vaccination o