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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration is defying CDC advice about the state's measles outbreak as health officials warn of consequences.

Florida has become the center of a measles outbreak, with a seventh case of the virus confirmed on Saturday. 

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo’ choice to let parents decide whether to quarantine their children or let them keep going to school has drawn fire from experts.

A measles outbreak at a Florida school this month, which comes in the wake of last year’s in Ohio, is showing the vulnerability of classrooms amid rising vaccine skepticism. So far six students from Manatee Bay Elementary School in Broward County have tested positive for the disease, which can be incredibly dangerous for young children,…

Courtney Perry/For the Washington Post(NEW YORK) -- National MMR coverage has dropped 2% from the 2019-2021 school year to the 2022-2023 school year, which means approximately 250,000 kindergartners are at risk for measles infection around the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The 93.1% rate during the 2022–23 school is 2% lower than the 95% rate in the 2019-2020 school year and leaves measles coverage below the national target of 95% for the third consecutive year.Doctors said this nationwide trend is a concerning backdrop to measles outbreaks in Florida a...