Health and Science

Eggplant is the star of school lunches throughout Florida this week. As part of National School Lunch Week, which kicked off across the nation on Monday, Alachua County is hosting events throughout the week.

Children in Lake City and Ocala will be able to receive care closer to home because of a partnership between their local community community pediatricians and Shands in Gainesville. Specialists from Shands will travel to the cities to provide the same care they provide locally at the hospital.

Two more cases of meningitis have been reported in Florida. In a conference call Tuesday, Florida's State Surgeon General said all medication related to the event has been recalled. At this point, the department is attempting to contact any patient who may have been been injected with contaminated medication.

Child health advocates are questioning the Florida Legislature's decision earlier this year to get rid of funding that could potentially reduce the number of children being abused.

The connection between Agent Orange and Parkinson's disease has brought answers to many families, including Lieutenant Colonel Bill Holloway's family.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is raising awareness about cancer-related issues with the hope of making the disease a priority topic during the upcoming 2012 election. The Cancer Votes initiative brought its efforts to Gainesville Wednesday.

Four fungal meningitis cases have been confirmed in Florida, according to Gov. Rick Scott. The national outbreak of this disease, which usually results from a spread of a fungus to the spinal cord, has killed eight people.

A rare and deadly form of fungal meningitis has killed five and sickened 47 in seven states, with two cases reported in Florida. The Florida Department of Health has identified eight facilities in Florida that received contaminated medication, three of them in Ocala, according to the Associated Press. The eight …

Web searchers will soon be a few clicks away from one of the largest collections of invertebrates in the world. This year, the museum expects to add 20- to 40,000 records, he said.

A Florida House bill entitles victims of sexual battery to as much as $1,500 to help them relocate to a safer residence beginning in October.