children's health

A school shooting like the one at FSU last week has another unintended consequence: desensitization to tragedy.

The district hopes to lean on South Florida's agricultural industry to offer local produce to schools. It's an expansion of the district's Farm to School Program that has been in place since 2009.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” involving hundreds of scientists to determine the cause of autism.

The measure would roll back legal protections surrounding doctor-patient confidentiality and end behavioral risk-screening questionnaires used by medical professionals.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. adds that he’s assembling a task force on fluoridation. Also, the EPA says it is reviewing “new scientific information” on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water.

Last of a four-part series: Legislators passed a public health insurance expansion that would help poor and disabled children get better coverage over a year ago, but the funds remain unused.

Part 2 in a series: After thousands of families lost Medicaid, many enrolled their children with complex needs in Florida Healthy Kids, a state insurance plan that wasn’t meant to cover their special care.

The county's safety and health committee took no action on fluoridation after the surgeon general's presentation to convince members to end the practice.

We begin a four-part series examining how children with complex medical needs are fairing after losing Medicaid in the unwinding and being pushed onto state-run insurance not designed for their needs.

Juul will send $30 million to the newly created Vape Free Florida Fund to help in the enforcement laws to protect “children from harmful marketing and products.”