The bill would have made a series of changes related to the Florida Board of Nursing's approval and oversight of nursing ...

Locally acquired cases have appeared in Florida and other parts of the U.S. where the disease isn't endemic. Health officials ...

The $117 billion spending plan includes support for mental health and addiction services, cancer research, maternal and child ...

After the Supreme Court's ruling to allow South Carolina to block Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, advocates ...

Florida became the second state in the country to end its practice of adjusting fluoride levels in its water supply.

Their insurance didn’t cover the immunizations for their children, and the cost of the vaccine was more than five times what health officials say it goes for in the private sector. In the early days ...

Biosolids aren't tested for forever chemicals before being used as fertilizer in Florida. Testing requirements would help reduce risk, according to St. Johns Riverkeeper. The St. Johns Riverkeeper is ...

The market for gummies, powders and capsules containing extracts of the fungus is raising eyebrows, though, amid concerns from the FDA and in the absence of human clinical trials.

A new multibillion settlement in the case involving OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to add more than $233 million to Florida’s legal recoveries to help stem the deadly opioid crisis. Members ...

In this image taken from a video on X, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces the start of an investigation into price transparency and billing at Florida hospitals. He says the probe will ...

Julio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida. He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the ...

School officials sent a letter to parents that confirmed a student had been diagnosed with measles. A Miami Palmetto Senior High School student has been diagnosed with measles, Miami-Dade County ...