In 1992, when then Gov. Lawton Chiles signed legislation establishing the 32 Healthy Start coalitions to oversee the new program for all of Florida’s 67 counties, he could not have imagined the impact the program would have on maternal and child health.

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Florida State Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, and Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley hosted an informational meeting on July 16 with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to brief the public about the continuing battle against synthetic drugs.

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A particularly rainy spring and summer has given way to a bevy of bothersome pests troubling Navarre residents this year, the most maddening of which are mosquitoes.

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A new study published in the journal “Pediatrics,” a publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics, finds that spanking and other forms of physical discipline can increase the rate of anxiety, depression and other mental disorders even in the absence of more severe forms of physical abuse.

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Recently, the U.S. Red Cross made national news when it reported that its blood supply had fallen to "emergency levels", but here in Northwest Florida, donations are high and new donors are coming into Northwest Florida Blood Services daily to help save lives.

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Cases of shigellosis have spiked in Santa Rosa County this year, leading the health department to issue a warning to residents to be on the lookout for this potentially serious disease.

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