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Two tuberculosis cases have been confirmed in South Florida. The number of TB cases reported has been increasing in Florida since 2021.
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Despite smoking rates dropping, Florida's local health officials think it could be lower through school policies and strategy updates.
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The Lown Institute made a surprising discovery during its research: There's a lack of accountability for nonprofit hospitals, which are expected to use tax breaks to give back to the community.
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A Miami-based non-profit group is calling out the Trump administration for laying off the entire staff of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP — a $4.1 billion program that helps millions of low-income households pay electricity and gas bills, saying some South Florida families may not get help to cool their homes.
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The veto by the Democratic mayor comes at a moment when critics of adding fluoride to the water supply have a newly powerful ally: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s health secretary, who this week called for states to ban fluoride in drinking water.
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Project ADAM South Florida, a partnership between Palm Beach County School District and Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute, trains staff in CPR and AED use to protect youth athletes from sudden cardiac arrest — named in memory of a Wisconsin student athlete who died from SCA.
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The proposed cuts could trigger around 33,000 layoffs and a $3 billion economic downturn in Florida, according to research published by the Commonwealth Fund.
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The Florida Department of Health is once again tracking above-average numbers of travel-related cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue. Now, control groups are working to make sure the disease doesn’t become endemic.
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Dr. Joshua Lampert is set to give free, reconstructive plastic surgery to uninsured and underinsured mothers. It's a way, he said, to honor his own mom.
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The measure passed by an 8-2 vote, but County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava could opt to veto the measure in the next 10 days.
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Pembroke Park town officials and Memorial Healthcare System are offering grief counseling on Monday following last week’s fatal shooting of a woman and her three young children in their apartment.
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A new University of Miami study looked in detail at 57 households where summer temperatures regularly rise above 82 degrees and why.