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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Weston, is convening a roundtable discussion Friday with local healthcare leaders and consumer advocates to talk about the impasse in Congress over extending critical tax credits for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act. -
Angie Wang/AP/APAt a Senate hearing on Sept. 9, 2025, on the corruption of science, witnesses presented an unpublished study that made a big assertion. I can say definitively that the study by Henry Ford Health researchers has serious design problems that keep it from revealing much about whether vaccines affect children’s long-term health.
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For decades, seniors, children and outdoor workers were some people considered the most vulnerable to heat. A 2017 paper was among the first to add pregnant people to this list. -
Once again, a summer wave of COVID-19 is spiking across the country and in Florida. Orange County reported the third-highest case totals in the state, according to the Department of Health. -
On a social media post on Tuesday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo wrote that he supports the consumption of raw milk by people hoping to reap what he calls "potential health benefits." -
USF researchers are tracking mosquitoes around the world and looking for the disease-carrying and invasive ones. -
An April 2025 study published in the journal Nature found evidence that the shingles vaccine could lower the risk of dementia in the general population by as much as 20%. -
Florida mosquito control teams have had their hands full this season thanks to a population explosion all over the state, as well as an uptick in locally acquired cases of dengue in Brevard County. -
Some people claim raw milk has a better taste and can protect them from asthma and allergies. But public health professor Jill Roberts says there's no data to back up these claims. -
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. -
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. -
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
