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Doctors have warned that removing mandates and leaving decisions fully up to parents will erode vaccination rates further, and eliminate herd immunity levels that are needed to protect everyone.
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Rebecca Blackwell/APThe combined $5.2 million in funding was provided through the Department of Education's Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program. -
Patrick Sison/APHealth care advocates and progressive groups across Florida said the U.S. Senate's failure to extend premium subsidies for the Affordable Care Act was a "disheartening setback" that will significantly raise the cost of health insurance for nearly 5 million Floridians, including hundreds of thousands of people in South Florida.
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The lawsuit challenges FDA decisions since 2000 that approved and loosened restrictions on abortion drugs like mifepristone, arguing that mail delivery of the drugs undermines state abortion laws. -
The largest slice is a $277.5 million package for cancer research, along with investments in emergency medical innovation and public health infrastructure. -
A workshop with pediatricians, parents for and against vaccines, and state health officials will discuss the plan to halt four school-entry mandates now and the repeal of seven others later. -
A study suggested that music interacts with the brain and body. Soft music, for example, might calm the nervous system. By contrast, joyful music might be distracting as it stimulates the brain’s reward centers. -
The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans released dueling bills. Congress is under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies lapse at the end of the year. -
Programs that made the cut, like lawyers and doctors, can borrow up to $200,000. Those that did not, including nurses, can borrow half that. -
The two bills released aim to cut regulations, expand provider authority and reduce prescription costs, advancing what lawmakers describe as President Donald Trump’s health vision for the state. -
Investigators from the GAO were able to register nearly 20 fake ACA enrollments in a probe of healthcare.gov. The federal government paid subsidies to insurers for some of the fake customers. -
In the wake of the impasse with Florida Blue, Broward Health has agreed to accept insurance from Oscar Health, one of the larger carriers on the marketplace in Florida. -
The bill would provide $25 million aimed at helping physicians, physician assistants and APRNs set up practices in rural communities and increase Medicaid payments for “critical access” hospitals. -
The survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF finds that marketplace enrollees overwhelmingly support an extension of the subsidies. -
Baptist Health in Northeast Florida will fund 215,000 meals across its five-county service area as part of its commitment to eradicate food insecurity.
