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The Hubbard House near the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children will close December 14th after Orlando Health decided it was too costly to make repairs to the old Victorian home.
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The number of uninsured children across the country increased for the first time in almost a decade according to a new report released today. Three quarters of children who lost their insurance lived in states like Florida that didn’t expand Medicaid.
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Some of the youngest survivors of Hurricane Michael are struggling with mental health problems after the storm.
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With the schoolyear under way, most children will not go hungry during the day. Local nonprofits want to make sure kids are well-fed after school hours.
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A team of Florida researchers say Zika virus could be used to treat one of the deadliest types of childhood cancers. It attacks tumor cells.
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Parents of school age children can make sure they fulfill health requirements for registration. A local hospital and church have teamed up to offer free health services.
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The KIDS COUNT report examines four domains on child well-being: education, economics, health, and family and community.
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Governor Rick Scott says he doesn’t agree with the children being separated from their families at the border in a letter sent to the Department of Health and Human Services yesterday.
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Children are being separated from their families at the border and put in detention centers since a zero-tolerance immigration policy took effect in April. Sen. Bill Nelson filed legislation to end the separation of children and families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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A rally and march this afternoon in downtown Orlando will call for an end to an immigration policy separating children from their families. Children have been housed at detention centers for months at a time.