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Florida Department of Health officials said Monday there have been 21 cases of Campylobacter and E. coli infections tied to raw milk consumption in the central and northeast portion of the state, and seven people have been hospitalized.
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A team at Florida International University is using digital stethoscopes and machine learning to analyze heartbeats, similar to how a musician picks up an off-key note. Their models are showing 95% accuracy in predicting health issues that doctors may miss.
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Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Marty Makary is his choice for the FDA and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat is in line to be the next surgeon general. Dr. Dave Weldon of Florida is slated to run the CDC.
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An appellate panel heard arguments challenging Florida's ban on Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments. The lawsuit claims the ban violates federal health-care laws and the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause.
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The surgeon general calls it "public health malpractice" to fluoridate water, citing research that suggests exposure to high levels of fluoride can cause lower IQ in kids. National experts say there is not enough data to determine if the lower level present in most U.S. water supplies has the same effect.
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Floridians can still qualify for enhanced subsidies that make health plans more affordable, including DACA recipients who are able to enroll for the first time.
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In Leon and Escambia counties, where the two newest CSCs are, local governments want some of their money for other priorities
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The Life in Media Survey will collect data from thousands of preteens over the next quarter century, measuring how using digital media changes attitude, behavior and health throughout their lives.
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Two Miami-Dade nonprofit organizations are partnering to open what’s been dubbed the “Healing Sanctuary” and expand child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault resources into an underserved part of the county.
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Trump's pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS worries pediatricians. In Florida, the childhood vaccination rate is decreasing more rapidly under a Surgeon General who is skeptical of vaccines.
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As open enrollment into the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace is underway, navigators are prepared to hear from a new type of customers this year: DACA recipients.
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Florida voters rejected adding abortion rights to their state constitution Tuesday, keeping a ban on abortion after the first six weeks of pregnancy in place.