Joseph Ladapo

The policy backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo relies on one key statistic that many experts question.

We hear from a number of experts and reporters on this week's biggest stories on The Florida Roundup.

In a tweet, Gov. Ron DeSantis wrote that Dr. Joseph Ladapo's "evidence-based principles serve as a counterweight to the increasingly political positions of the entrenched medical establishment."

Health experts say the data Ladapo based his guidance on is flawed. The unnamed authors of the study acknowledge its many limitations and call for more research.

Gov. Ron DeSantis contends that children are prematurely being allowed to pursue treatments that can have harmful lasting effects.

CFO Jimmy Patronis removed Dr. Lisa Gwynn from the Florida Healthy Kids Board for expressing concerns about COVID-19 vaccine access in the state for kids younger than 5. She talks about why she's still worried.

Demand could delay when the vaccine is available, but the state's refusal to preorder from the federal government won't be the reason, says the director of infection prevention at UF Health Jacksonville.

The state did not preorder supplies of the vaccine for young children from the federal government by a Tuesday deadline.

The FDA could authorize the shots for emergency use with young children this week, but Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo says there is insufficient data to "inform benefits and risk."

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Groups criticized a report that the Agency for Health Care Administration is using as a basis for the expected effort to deny Medicaid coverage for the treatments.

Studies show that trans affirming care can reduce suicide rates by 73% in transgender youth.