Children

The Florida Senate is proposing $75 million for children's programs at hospitals that serve the poor. The Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida suppor...

Long-standing after-school programs in Florida that help thousands of at-risk kids with homework, mentoring and gang prevention could face significant ...

The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed legislation expanding aid for students with intellectual disabilities and named the program for Senate President...

The U.S. Senate has passed legislation requiring child-proof liquid nicotine bottles. Calls to poison control centers involving children and liquid...

The Florida Department of Health wants to change the way it oversees pediatric cardiac surgery, despite pleas from families of children with heart...

A screening system for the state's Children's Medical Services program has resulted in the removal of 9,000 poor and disabled children from the program,...

State Department of Health officials Friday hosted the first meeting of a panel aimed at easing Florida's transition to Medicaid managed care for...

The investigation continues into the death of an 11-year-old girl in Manatee County who was found dead in a freezer. Documents released earlier this week…

More than 67,000 Florida children gained health insurance coverage last year with the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a...

Attorneys representing four children with serious heart conditions have challenged a move by the Florida Department of Health to repeal cardiac-care...