The loss of an infant is devastating. October 15, 1988, President Ronald Regan declared October Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month enable us the…
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Safe Sleep and National Breastfeeding Month Infant mortality continues to be a public health crisis in the United States, and that means, simply that too many babies die before their…
In 2017, over 1,300 babies died in Florida before their first birthday. This ranked Florida 29th among states with an infant mortality rate of 6.1 deaths for every 1,000 live…
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute have released the eighth annual County Health Rankings. The County Health Rankings show us where we live matters…
By Rachel Bluth (Originally published by Kaiser Health News on June 17, 2016) Tens of thousands of American lives could be saved each year with a concerted national effort to emulate what…
July 11, 2016 (West Palm Beach, FL) – The Florida Institute for Health Innovation released a report today on communities from Palm Beach to Key West with the greatest risk…
Businesses, camps and churches, children, parents and teachers are being invited to join the Florida Department of Health in a campaign to prevent spread of the Zika virus and other...
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Did you know that your zip code can be a predictor of your health? So can your place of birth, where you work and play, your income and education, and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 153 travel-related cases of Zika, and Florida tops the list. The state with the highest number of reported Zika cases,…
As two shooters made final preparations to orchestrate a massacre in San Bernadino, a group of physicians were on Capitol Hill with petition in hand to demand an end to the Congressional…
