President Donald Trump is removing a large portion of HIV funding he previously greenlit for a future without AIDs. For states like Florida, that could be a problem.

Dr. Joseph Ladapo also praised the federal government's decision in May to no longer recommend COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women.

Experts say it is essential to keep a keen eye out this summer for any activities that can cause a break in the skin.

The state contends two U.S. Supreme Court decisions should lead to overturning a ruling saying Florida violated federal laws by prohibiting Medicaid coverage for the treatments.

Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health, the USA TODAY NETWORK is reporting.

Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North Florida and Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida are now operating under one mantle. The move comes as the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill threatens clinics across the country.

South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined other top House Democrats at a Louisiana town hall Thursday night to preview one of the party’s strategies for attempting to retake the U.S. House next year, ripping into the health care changes in the just-passed Republican tax and spending bill.

Locally acquired cases have appeared in Florida and other parts of the U.S. where the disease isn't endemic. Health officials worry that with climate change and the lack of a vaccine, it will take hold in a larger swath.

The dispute over Broward Health's reimbursment demands continues after the previous contract ended Tuesday. Florida Blue said more than 17,000 customers have been notified of the change.

As the U.S. House of Representatives debates President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” a coalition of faith-based groups in Florida are making a last-minute plea to the state’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation to vote against it because of the deep proposed federal funding cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.