children's health

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.”

School officials sent a letter to parents that confirmed a student had been diagnosed with measles.

The CDC estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter including 86 children. The agency says at least nine of those children experienced brain complications

A five-year federal grant will be spent to send nurses or pediatricians in underresourced communities on wellness checks along with books to give to the families they serve.

A key component of the measure is bridging the gaps between learning opportunities for children with autism. One mom says such a would have made a difference for her now-adult son.

Dozens of Florida municipalities have decided to stop adding floride to its drinking water over concerns the practice may affect the cognitive ability of kids.

The hospital COO says 93% of the families in Pasco, Citrus and Hernando counties north of Tampa travel outside of that market for specialty pediatric care. The new 56-bed facility will help address that need.