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The state has sought a stay on an injunction that would require Florida's Medicaid program to provide 90% of the private-duty nursing hours t to help children live in family homes or communities instead of nursing homes.

Sick kids are crowding emergency rooms in parts of the country and some pediatric hospitals say they're running out of beds.

Children who are regularly exposed to gun violence can struggle with feelings of hopelessness and anxiety. There's a lot communities and after-school programs can do to help.

Educators say they've seen students become much more reliant on their phones since the start of the pandemic — even calling it an addiction. Now the Monroe County School District is launching a no cellphone policy.

More Florida kids are struggling with their mental health according to a new Annie E. Casey Foundation report released Monday.

The state has ranked 35th in the nation for three years in a row. Policy experts say Florida needs to do more to assist families and support child mental health.

Advocates have long pushed for school meals to be free for all students — regardless of family income. When the pandemic hit, Congress made it happen. But now, federal aid for the school meal program is running out. In the fall, many school across the country will once again have to charge kids to eat.

The Biden administration is trying to help foreign manufacturers stay in the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry amid a nationwide shortage.

The head of Florida's American Academy of Pediatrics chapter says her public concerns about COVID-19 vaccine access for young children got her ousted from a board that runs the state's Healthy Kids Program.

The company "will finally be held accountable for creating the youth vaping epidemic," the advocacy group Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes told NPR. Juul said it plans to fight the decision.

A group of lawmakers have agreed on a measure that would extend the school meal waivers that helped schools and families during the pandemic.

NPR talks to Claire Hannan, who has helped navigate vaccine rollouts in all 50 states, about some of the challenges involved in quickly getting shots out to millions of young kids.