The Senate unanimously passed the bill mandating biliary atresia tests at hospitals like Cleveland Clinic Martin North and Lawnwood Regional, but it failed before adjournment, leaving Treasure Coast families without early detection for the potentially fatal disease.
Florida newborns will not be screened for a potentially fatal liver disease this year after legislation known as Mattie's Law failed to clear both chambers before the Legislature adjourned. The setbac...
State regulators yanked the synthetic opioid from Treasure Coast gas stations and smoke shops last year, but lawmakers skipped a permanent ban, leaving local retailers and families in limbo.
A synthetic opioid derivative called 7-OH — sold in some gas stations and smoke shops across Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River counties before state regulators intervened — remains off store shelves...