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The arrangement with schools in Pinellas marks a foray into education for the Buccaneers' superstar and his methods — including some that have been criticized as pseudoscience.

After the disruption and trauma of the pandemic, educators say kids still need added support this year. In some schools, they're making emotional wellness part of the curriculum.

Many districts, facing hiring challenges, see tending to the educators' mental health as a way to help them help students and to retain them.

The pandemic caused some kids to fall behind on routine immunizations, and Florida has some of the lowest child COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.

Starting practice at the hottest time of year, football players face dangers from the heat. Georgia high school heat rules have turned the state into a national model.

The teacher “testified that, consistent with his training in natural sciences, he believes it is very important to ask questions and not blindly obey, or go along with, mandates,” and disputed the effectiveness of masks.

In this episode of What's Health Got to Do with It, experts weigh in on physical, mental, sexual and dietary health care considerations to help parents make informed decisions.

The release comes as new data reveals just 53 percent of Florida's third-graders passed the state’s reading test.

Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat COVID-19, as well as making air more breathable for students living with allergies, asthma, and chronic wildfire smoke.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that requires training school officers to better deal with "students with emotional disturbance or mental illness" and addresses rules on emergency drills.