Category: Health

An unnamed couple has agreed to undergo genetic testing to determine whether they are the parents of a baby girl born to a Brevard County couple as the result of an embryo mix-up at their fertility clinic, attorneys said Tuesday. The unnamed couple have told attorneys that they used the same clinic and gave birth to a boy the same month as Tiffany Score delivered a baby girl. Score’s daughter is neither her nor her partner’s biological child, the result of an error during the in vitro fertilization process. Score and partner Steven Mills are now suing the clinic and its doctor because the...

TALLAHASSEE — A Senate committee Monday narrowly approved a bill that would create a new path for parents who don’t want their schoolchildren vaccinated, with the proposal’s sponsor saying parents should be in the “driver’s seat” — but opponents warning of public-health consequences. The bill (SB 1756), sponsored by Sen. Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, includes creating an exemption to vaccination requirements for parents who say the shots conflict with their “conscience.” It would add to an already-existing exemption for parents who cite conflicts with religious beliefs. “The main thrust...