The proposed ban, included in a broad bill dealing with the Agriculture Department, comes after decades of communities adding fluoride to water to help prevent dental problems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.