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Parkland community grapples with trauma after apparent suicides of two students

The town is back in the national spotlight for how it has been coping — or struggling to cope — with its grief, after a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and graduate killed themselves within days of each other. Rattled by the youth suicides, many in the Parkland community are openly discussing mental health… Read More »

How Juul's plan to teach students about vaping went up in smoke

The company abandoned these efforts in May, not long after its initial outreach, in response to a backlash from health and education advocates. “Under no circumstance should anybody from the tobacco, nicotine, vaping industries be involved in or implementing tobacco prevention programs,” said Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, professor of pediatrics in Stanford University’s Division of Adolescent Medicine.… Read More »