Children

The city of Mobile is opening a new playground aiming to create an environment for more inclusive play and recreation at Mill Street Park. The site caters to children of all ages and abilities.

A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law is a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state. The ruling brought a rush of warnings about the potential impact on fertility treatments and the freezing of embryos.

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments should be considered children under state law.

Governor Kay Ivey, alongside elected officials, community leaders and teachers, celebrated the statewide expansion of the program on Wednesday. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library partners with community organizations to provide free books every month to children from birth to age 5.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham said children are at increased risk for eye injuries in the summer. They said eye injuries are much more common in May and June before peaking in July and falling off as school begins in the fall.

A northern Alabama manufacturer has developed two ambulances to help kids in need in south Florida.Excellance, which was launched in Madison, Alabama, in…