Julio Ochoa
Julio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida.
He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the newspaper’s deputy metro editor.
Julio was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and worked at a paper in Greeley, Colo., before returning to Florida as a reporter and as breaking news editor for the Naples Daily News.
Contact Julio at 813-974-8633, on Twitter at @julioochoa or email .
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Sen. Bill Nelson filed a bill last week that would provide veterans with access to medical marijuana at the VA and open doors for more research on the...
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Charles Claybaker spent five tours in Afghanistan, kicking in doors and taking out terrorists. But an aircraft crash in 2010 left the Army Ranger with a... -
Florida is not doing enough to prevent cancer, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society’s political-action committee. -
Researchers at the University of South Florida say reducing your risk of dementia can be a mouse click away.
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U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist was in Largo on Wednesday to introduce legislation that would protect federal employees who use medical marijuana in states...
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A federal court decision to block a change to Kentucky’s Medicaid program could affect a similar request from Florida. -
Sen. Bill Nelson wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate a company that operates the SunPass electronic toll system. -
A requirement in the school safety bill passed after the Parkland shooting is raising privacy concerns. -
Programs that help people sign up for Affordable Care Act plans in Florida will have their funding cut by 81 percent this year. -
For the first time in years, health insurance premiums sold on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Florida are not expected to rise by double digits. -
As a candidate, Gov. Rick Scott pitched the idea of having private companies provide health care to the state's prisoners in a plan to save taxpayers $1... -
The Trump administration this week cut the budget for programs that help people sign up for Obamacare plans by more than 70 percent.
