News Service of Florida
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State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and the Florida Center for Government Accountability filed the lawsuit after the Department of Health rebuffed requests for daily information about COVID. -
The state, which continues to wait for FDA approval, expects to import drugs to treat asthma, COPD, diabetes, hepatitis C, HIV and AIDS, and mental health conditions.
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The board adopted an emergency rule in August that said students under a quarantine directive can be deemed in attendance.
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In advance of the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers eye ways to bolster education and training programs for nurses and other health professionals to help alleviate industry-wide staffing woes.
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President Joe Biden says the rule will be released “soon,” though he did not give a specific date. Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state will contest it immediately to protect the jobs of Floridians.
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A spokesperson for the Miami hospital says the hope is that this method of giving will increase support and provide for a "fast, easy, secure" way to do so.
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Attorneys for the DeSantis administration wrote in a brief that the law is an “economic regulation that does not implicate” the First Amendment.
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The federal government continues to withhold one-third of the state’s allocation, which amounts to $2.3 billion.
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The judge cites that disabled children “require unique solutions” after an attorney for the parents pointed to a revised state rule that eased restrictions on students exposed to COVID-19.
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The U.S. Department of Education is sending more than $420,000 to make up for wages the state withheld after the board refused to allow parental opt-outs for masks in schools.
