Robert Karch News Today

Florida’s public schools historically have checked thousands of students a year for vision, hearing and growth problems, hoping to catch early health issues that can impede academic achievement. But the number of students in Orange and Seminole public schools screened last year plummeted after Florida passed a new law that requires parents to give written permission for their children to take ...

For a decade, Emil Caron’s use of heroin made him part of Central Florida’s opioid problem. In and out of emergency rooms and jails, he lost his job, his marriage and nearly hope. A brother died of an overdose, a sister, too. Caron figured he’d soon join them. But authorities in Orange County now see Caron, in long-term recovery since 2019, as a part of a multi-strategy solution to quell a ...

Mpox vaccines, immunizations, HIV/AIDs care and some screens have been relocated to other offices of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County.

High waters pose health hazards from drowning, infection, toxic chemicals

/PRNewswire/ -- The Family Café is excited to return to its entirely in-person event at The 24th Annual Family Café in Orlando this year. This event brings...