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There are about 250,000 people who have lost Medicaid coverage since Florida began its redetermination process earlier this month, however, many of those people could still be eligible.

Honduras has one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases. But across the country, women are terminating pregnancies with the help of clandestine networks seeking to make the procedure as safe as possible.

In her filing, Attorney General Ashley Moody wrote “the proposed amendment fails to meet the requirements” of part of state law.

The fraudulent diplomas and transcripts qualified those who purchased them to sit for the national nursing board exam. If they passed, they were able to obtain licenses and jobs, prosecutors said.

Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that includes issues such as barring businesses and government agencies from requiring people to take COVID-19 tests or wear masks to enter their facilities.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is slated to review a bill that would give Black farmers an entry into Florida’s now-flourishing medical-marijuana industry.

A federal judge heard opening arguments in a challenge to a state decision to prevent Medicaid coverage for treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans people in Florida.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation released a data brief focusing on those older foster youth, especially as they prepare to transitioned to living on their own.

A coalition of groups formally began a drive to try to pass a constitutional amendment in 2024 to ensure abortion rights in Florida.

Advocates for improving rural health pushed for the CDC to extend its rural health focus. They hope the Office of Rural Health will commit to research and analyses.

The proposal would put stricter rules on the distribution and retail sale of hemp extract to curb access to some of the euphoric-inducing strains of the products by minors.

A measure moving forward in the Florida House would allow pregnant women convicted of felonies to seek to delay going to prison for up to three months after giving birth.