Children's Health

Many schools are also adding more culturally relevant food options for the first time ever.

When a child misses school, it's harder to stay on track academically. So school and health experts are trying to change the culture around sick days. Here's what they want parents to know.

Lawmakers are seeking limits for Instagram and TikTok out of concern they harm kids’ mental health. But some researchers and pediatricians question whether there’s enough data to support that conclusion.

It starts earlier and runs longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute. Most older adults, who are vulnerable to the disease, haven’t been vaccinated yet.

Both states want to expand eligibility for the CHIP, but their approaches to charging low-income families premiums for the coverage showcase the nation’s ideological divide on helping the disadvantaged.

Florida water safety experts discuss efforts to ramp up swimming instruction to decrease drowning incidents, especially in minority communities.

When the industrialist Alfred I. duPont died in 1935, his will directed setting aside money to provide health care for kids, resulting in Nemours children's hospitals in Florida and other states. Now, a Florida appeals court has ruled that the Delaware attorney general can pursue a lawsuit about whether Delaware is being shortchanged.

The American Academy of Pediatrics changes its policy citing drugs used to treat HIV can reduce the risk of passing the virus to infants to less than 1%. About 5,000 people who have HIV give birth in the U.S. each year.

The gift will help support the new pediatric facility at St. Joseph's Hospital that was first announced in October and scheduled to open in 2030.

The law goes into effect July 1. Bill sponsor Sen. Jay Collins says it will help ensure children's safety.

Young entrepreneurs and activists are worried about a proposal to ban social media for kids under 16 — even with consent of their parents. The state Senate may still make further changes to the bill.

So far, it’s not known whether the students who acquired the highly contagious virus at Manatee Bay Elementary were immunized with the two-dose MMR vaccine.