Health

A campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida through the ballot box in 2026 was officially launched in February.

Project leaders plan to distribute test strips at bars downtown and during events deemed high-risk, like music festivals

Students secured their first victory when the administration lowered the cost of generic Plan B to $6.

The primary issue nurses hope to bring attention to is short-staffing

If approved, Orange County would be the first county in Florida to move forward with such an initiative.

One veteran in Central Florida felt a difference within the first week of treatment.

Soaring temperatures are a factor in high guard staff turnover as well as medically dangerous for the aging prisoner population.

Republican attorneys general from 18 states signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief Friday urging the appeals court to overturn Hinkle’s ruling in the Medicaid case

The state Department of Health released a report that showed 91,590 Florida residents had died of COVID-19 since 2020

Peer Support Space will be located south of downtown Orlando, not far from the former Pulse site.

Orlando’s Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and the state Center for Government Accountability brought the suit in 2021.

More than 400,000 Floridians lost their Medicaid coverage, and underserved communities were disproportionately impacted.

Money from the pharmaceutical industry will be used to pay for addiction treatment programs, overdose prevention and recovery services

The doctors also support a campaign to get stronger abortion rights onto the 2024 ballot so Florida voters can decide

The county will get $26 million over the next six years alone, most of which must be used to directly combat the epidemic

The law has erected 'unnecessary barriers' to care and 'impose medically unsupported requirements' on trans people, plaintiffs argued

While the contract doesn’t fix all of the issues raised, the union describes it as a ‘step in the right direction’

Under the plan, Seminole County Leisure Services is opening relief centers to the public

Physicians will be able to renew orders for puberty blockers and hormone therapy so long as no changes are made to prescriptions

'Some nurses say they fear for their license,' said one nurse. 'I fear for a patient’s life.'

A hospital spokesperson dismissed the union's claims of understaffing, insisting the hospital system provides a safe environment for patients.

DeSantis held a bill-signing event in Destin on the same day that a federal public-health emergency for COVID-19 was set to end

The Hospital Corporation of American frequently faces allegations of understaffing; employees say their employer puts profits over people

The lawsuit contended that denial of reimbursements for treating transgender people is discriminatory

In a rare bipartisan move, legislators agree on the bare minimum in smart drug policy, which now heads to DeSantis.