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Venice resident Maya Kowalski was sheltered in Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital for three months in 2016 after the hospital reported her mom to the state's abuse hotline. Her mom later took her own life. Maya's story is the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya."
Opening statements to begin Thursday in ‘Maya’ lawsuit against All Children’s
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital faces a jury trial and allegations of false imprisonment and battery in a civil case filed by family of mom accused of child abuse.
Toni Says: Moving overseas, should we keep our Medicare?
If not working full-time with company benefits, then I would advise you and your husband to remain enrolled in Medicare and keep your Medicare Supplement plan, because you can never know what will happen to your health in the future.
I’ve encountered other individuals who, upon moving overseas, stopped their Medicare Part B and then developed serious health issues
Florida advises against new COVID vaccine for under 65s, contradicting CDC
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, left, at the Broward Health Medical Center with Gov. Ron DeSantis in January 2022. Ladapo on Wednesday recommended that Floridians under 65 should not get the new COVID-19 vaccine, contradicting federal guidance.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that previous infections and the original vaccine no longer protect against a virus that is continuing to mutate.
Lawsuit against All Children’s at heart of Netflix ‘Maya’ doc goes to trial
Maya Kowalski attends an April 2022 court hearing in Sarasota County over a motion for a jury trial in her family's lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Almost five years after the lawsuit was filed, the trial will begin Thursday.
St. Petersburg hospital’s role in reporting a mother to the state abuse hotline is at the center of the jury trial in case featured in “Take Care of Maya.”

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  1. Opening statements to begin Thursday in ‘Maya’ lawsuit against All Children’s
    Yesterday• Health
    Venice resident Maya Kowalski was sheltered in Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital for three months in 2016 after the hospital reported her mom to the state's abuse hotline. Her mom later took her own life. Maya's story is the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya."
  2. Miami restaurant settles with DeSantis administration to end drag show complaint
    Yesterday• Politics
    Kat Wilderness performs for guests during a drag brunch at R House Wynwood in Miami in April 2022.
  3. These Florida lawmakers oppose fertilizer giant Mosaic’s ‘radioactive roads’
    Yesterday• Environment
    Mosaic's several facilities across Florida take mined phosphate, like this, and turn it into millions of tons of fertilizer a year. What's left behind is a mildly radioactive byproduct called phosphogypsum, which the company wants to use as a test ingredient in road construction. Several state lawmakers and local officials have signed a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the plan.
  5. Toni Says: Moving overseas, should we keep our Medicare?
    Yesterday• Health
    If not working full-time with company benefits, then I would advise you and your husband to remain enrolled in Medicare and keep your Medicare Supplement plan, because you can never know what will happen to your health in the future.
  6. Why public health experts say it’s unlikely that COVID-19 lockdowns return
    Sept. 16• Health
    A woman walks through a door with a sign asking shoppers to wear masks in New York on Feb. 9, 2022.
  7. There’s no sign of widespread US COVID-19 mandates. Republicans are warning of them anyway.
    Sept. 13• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, shakes hands with fairgoers after taking part in a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 12 in Des Moines, Iowa. Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon. GOP presidential hopefuls including DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former President Donald Trump have spread this narrative.
  8. Lawsuit against All Children’s at heart of Netflix ‘Maya’ doc goes to trial
    Sept. 13• Health
    Maya Kowalski attends an April 2022 court hearing in Sarasota County over a motion for a jury trial in her family's lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Almost five years after the lawsuit was filed, the trial will begin Thursday.
  9. Judge refuses to block Florida law restricting transgender adult care
    Sept. 12• Health
    People hold signs during a joint board meeting of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine gather to establish new guidelines limiting gender-affirming care in Florida, on Nov. 4, 2022.
  10. Popular nasal decongestant doesn’t actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say
    Sept. 12• Health
    Sudafed and other common nasal decongestants are on display behind the counter at Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla., Jan. 11, 2005. Phenylephrine, the leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose, is likely no better than a dummy pill, according to government experts who reviewed the latest research on the long-questioned drug ingredient. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Tuesday against the effectiveness of the ingredient found in popular versions of Sudafed, Allegra, Dayquil and other medications sold on store shelves. Phenylephrine replaced pseudoephedrine in many popular over-the-counter medications after a 2006 law required medicines containing pseudoephedrine to be moved behind pharmacy counters because the ingredient can be illegally processed into methamphetamine.
  11. Settlement talks afoot in Florida lawsuit over gender discussions in schools
    Sept. 12• Education
    The group Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society held a Defend LGBTQ+ Rights protest at the USF Library in 2022.
  12. Toni Says: Need skilled nursing for my mother
    Sept. 12• Health
    Under Part A for a skilled nursing stay, Medicare will only cover semi-private rooms with meals, skilled nursing, and therapy services after a 3-day minimum medically necessary “inpatient” hospital stay.
  13. US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
    Sept. 11• Health
    The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination. It’s part of a shift to treat fall updates of the COVID-19 vaccine much like getting a yearly flu shot.
  14. Florida dermatologists warn about the skin cancer that killed Jimmy Buffett
    Sept. 10• Health
    On Saturday, Sep. 9, sand sculptor Marianne van den Broek, left, puts the finishing touches on a sculpture memorializing Jimmy Buffett in Key West, who died Sept. 1.
  15. Florida Supreme Court hears oral arguments over abortion ban law
    Sept. 8• Politics
    Solicitor General Henry Whitaker presents his arguments in the Florida Supreme Court in regard to the 15-week abortion ban on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Tallahassee.
  16. No, you can’t overdose just by touching fentanyl, and other myths debunked
    Sept. 8• Crime
    Hundreds of seized fentanyl pills that imitate Oxycodone M30 are kept as evidence at the Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Field Division lab on Aug. 1.
  17. DeSantis, Florida surgeon general again against requiring COVID precautions
    Sept. 7• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. DeSantis on Thursday criticized recent efforts across the U.S. to tamp down a recent jump in COVID-19 cases through temporary restrictions or masking, and his state surgeon general warned against getting the latest COVID-19 vaccine, which is expected to be available this month.
  18. RSV on the rise in Florida and Southeast, CDC warns
    Sept. 7• Health
    Florida may be entering a new respiratory syncytial virus season as cases of the virus increase in the state and across the Southeast, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health advisory.
  19. 6 things to know about the Florida case that could trigger a 6-week abortion ban
    Sept. 7• Politics
    The Florida Supreme Court will craft the future of abortion in Florida.
  20. New drugs preserve vision but Florida leads US in eye degeneration disease
    Sept. 6• Health
    When Gary Cartwright was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 2002, there was no treatment available. He took part in a medical trial for a medication that helped save his vision and is now widely prescribed for those with the "wet" version of the disease.
  21. Toni Says: I can’t afford my $660 Medicare premium. What do I do?
    Sept. 6• Health
    Americans can pay their Medicare premiums monthly by having the premium taken from their Social Security check. Social Security will automatically deduct the premiums and send a letter informing the Medicare beneficiary (you) that the monthly Medicare Part B premiums are being deducted from the Social Security check.
  22. Some Florida Supreme Court justices have known anti-abortion views as big case looms
    Sept. 6• Politics
    Protesters hold signs as Barbara DeVane of the Tallahassee National Organization for Women speaks outside the Florida Historic Capitol in Tallahassee on June 24, 2022, during a rally protesting the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
  23. In a post-Roe country, a Florida doctor wonders where to call home
    Sept. 6• Health
    For as long as she had been working in medicine, Rachel Rapkin had told friends and family that she was worried about the overturn of Roe v. Wade. “Don’t be dramatic,” people would say.
  24. Court shouldn’t halt injunction meant to keep Florida kids out of nursing homes, feds say
    Sept. 5• Health
    the U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to reject an attempt by Florida to at least temporarily halt an injunction requiring the state to make changes aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.
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