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Four individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes, Florida health officials said Friday. These are the first known cases of the virus being transmitted by mosquitoes in the continental United States. Read full article
In a move to improve football players’ safety, the Florida High School Athletic Association is following the trend of other football organizing bodies by restricting live contact practice time. Read full article
A gun has been fired on campus nearly once a week since Sandy Hook. Now, the expectancy of the next school shooting feels commonplace, prompting Congresswoman Gwen Graham to introduce new legislation that will help teachers respond quickly to threats with the use of technology. The “Securing Our Schools Act” allows the Justice Department to award districts…
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott will head to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for a two-day trip in search of more resources and greater coordination with the federal government in responding to the outbreak of the Zika virus. “My job is to keep the 20 million people that live in our state safe, the over 100…
Florida and local health officials are mobilizing a citizens army to combat the Zika virus. It’s prime mosquito breeding season and Florida leads the nation in the number of confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus with 102 cases as of May 5. Residents of at least 17 counties have travel-related infections. Zika can cause birth defects…
A proposal by Monroe County School District staff to bring back random drug testing of student athletes drew more questions than support from School Board members when they met Tuesday. Board member Bobby Highsmith, an attorney who played football at Key West High School, opposed the random drug testing, saying it’s unfair to single out…
TALLAHASSEE — Talk of a special session to deal with Florida’s workers’ compensation insurance appears to be nothing more than that. Last week two high-ranking Republicans in the Florida Cabinet openly asked whether the Legislature needs to hold a special session in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling tossing out caps on attorney…
TALLAHASSEE — Thousands of youths in Florida’s child-welfare system have gotten in trouble with the law — and when they do, their caregivers often refuse to take them back. Now, policymakers are trying to improve services to the teens, saying those children had already been abused or neglected when they began acting out in foster…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The number of children showing up to school with their required shots is dropping according to the Florida Department of Health. New data sent to the state’s 67 school districts on Friday showed that nearly 93 percent of kindergarten students and 90.6 percent of seventh-graders had their required immunizations this year.…
WASHINGTON – Florida health officials have been pretty successful controlling recent outbreaks of Dengue fever and the chikungunya virus. Zika is shaping up to be far more challenging. Obama administration officials said Monday the virus’ broad health consequences and ability to spread through sexual contact make it much harder to combat than other mosquito-borne diseases.…