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Keep up with the latest news on what matters most to your family, from public health to parenting and maybe some celebrity gossip, too.

Over 5,000 Florida students are in quarantine right now due to COVID

Hillsborough County Public School officials called an emergency meeting to consider a potential mask mandate "for all students and staff."

doctor doing a COVID test on a little girl

Children are now being hospitalized for COVID in record numbers

The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States hit a record high of just over 1,900 on Saturday.

Watch this mom use ‘chicken cutlets’ to get baby to take a bottle in viral TikTok

Want to know how to get your breastfed baby to take a bottle? Watch this TikTok and prepare to LOL!

Mom goes viral for calling out school’s ‘masks optional’ policy while upholding sexist dress code

"Since you made the mask policy optional, I intend to opt my daughter out of the dress code. Please make note."

mom on oxygen giving bottle to newborn baby

Healthy Florida mom dies from COVID-19 just days after giving birth

"She never got sick, and we assumed like many people that this would just go away just as quickly as it came," her uncle said.

Simone Biles says she’s ‘very much pro-choice’ AND supports the foster system

The Olympics superstar is also a foster child herself, and says she believes in a person's right to choose when it comes to abortion.

Mirsada Muric and daughter at the hospital

Mom begs people to take COVID seriously as her 9-year-old fights for her life

"Look at my child!" she wrote on Facebook. "THIS is why people are afraid. THIS is why people beg for you to wear a mask."

Kim Kardashian says body-shaming during her pregnancies ‘killed’ her self-esteem

"I can't believe that this was acceptable and that this was okay," she said on Kristen Bell's podcast.

Watch Ashton Kutcher + Mila Kunis hilariously prove they DO bathe their kids, actually

Kutcher and Kunis show they're good sports after breaking the internet last week over how often they bathe their kids.

‘Male’ and ‘female’ labels should be left off birth certificates, says AMA in new recommendation ️‍

The AMA says that assigning sex at birth "perpetuates the view that it is immutable and fails to recognize the medical spectrum of gender identity."

Ashley Graham admits that ‘bounce back’ culture affected her first pregnancy

But the soon-to-be mama of two says she's relinquishing control of those worries this time around.

Hunter McGrady says exclusively breastfeeding negatively impacted her mental health

In a post for World Breastfeeding Week, she shared the reality of breastfeeding: it's far from easy.

Christina Applegate reveals she was diagnosed with MS

The actress shared the news of her diagnosis on Twitter.

Halsey shares a relatable photo of their postpartum belly

"Well...this is what it look like," Halsey captioned the series of photos they shared of their life as a new mom.

Head of major teacher’s union supports COVID vaccine mandate

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, says it's "not a new thing" to have immunizations in schools.

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Mom says she pays daughter an allowance for hobbies instead of chores

"I want my daughter to know and have a positive association with money and feel like I can choose something that I feel good about," she says.

This reporter says she wasn’t allowed to pump at work: ‘Find a Target or a hospital’

Kate Rayner is suing NBC Universal over her former station's lack of accommodations for her pumping.

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