Health News Florida

After the recent mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in which 11 people were killed at a country music bar, President Donald Trump struck a familiar…

Health officials in Florida have confirmed the state's first case of dengue this year.The Florida Department of Health said in a news release on Monday…

Buried deep in the War-and-Peace-length tome that is this November's Florida ballot, voters will find a question asking if a ban on offshore drilling and…

There's a bridge in Overtown, under the 836 Expressway, that has long sheltered homeless people, many of whom are addicted to heroin.Now a public health…

The pushback against Gov. Rick Scott’s effort to create a health-care transparency website appears to be more widespread than state officials previously…

It's mid-morning on a weekday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Miami, and Gloria Lewis is squeezed inside her office. Lewis, a suicide…

Children registering for school in Florida this year were asked to reveal some history about their mental health. The new requirement is part of a law...

Florida's $67 billion tourism industry relies on its workforce to provide sunny hospitality, but people who work in the service industry suffer from…

Florida Democrats vowing to make health care a priority in the November elections got a jolt of surprising news this week that could reshape the ongoing…

Accusing them of ignorance and bigotry, a federal judge this week excoriated Florida corrections officials for refusing to accommodate a transgender…

First-year medical students start classes at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine this month--and starting with them is Dr. Henri Ford, the…

On a recent Friday at Florida Atlantic University, Deb Del Vecchio-Scully began a lecture on trauma by asking an auditorium full of therapists to stand up…