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Protect Yourself from Mosquitoes This Summer

     For Floridians, mosquitoes are nothing new. In fact, since Florida temperatures are typically always above 50 degrees, mosquitoes are present in Florida year-round. We know one thing for certain, with the rainy and warmer season right around the corner, mosquitoes will be out in full swing. […]

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Black Men Die of Prostate Cancer at Double the Rate of All Other Races

“We appealed it. We had doctors write letters, we saw different specialists, and they flat out refused. We went to the insurance after it was passed into state law in the state of Virginia and Terry McAuliffe who was governor at the time and he signed an emergency deal to make it law immediately, stating that proton therapy could be held at a higher standard than photon therapy. And they are still refusing to adhere to the letter of the law.” […]

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Importance of Good Dental Care for Children

Oral health is vitally important to overall health and well-being. Research has shown children who have poor oral health often miss more school and receive lower grades than children who don’t. Later in life, there is a link between poor oral healthcare and diabetes, heart and lung disease, stroke, respiratory illnesses and conditions of pregnant women including the delivery of pre-term and low birth weight infants. Dental disease is largely preventable through effective health promotion and dental disease prevention programs to improve the overall health of all Floridians.  Dental sealants are the most effective way of preventing caries (cavities) in permanent molars, where 80% of decay occurs in the permanent teeth of children […]

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Proactive Statement: MMWR on children with acute hepatitis and adenovirus infection in Alabama

A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, “Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children — Alabama, October 2021–February 2022” provides additional clinical and epidemiologic in-formation from an ongoing investigation involving children in Alabama with hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) of unknown cause. […]