The DeSantis administration is warning nearly 3 million Floridians who rely on federal food assistance that their benefits ...

Lower vaccination rates will mean increased rates of diseases like hepatitis, meningitis, and pneumonia — and even the return of diphtheria and polio, threatening babies and older people.

Doctors have urged Florida policymakers to reject plans to end childhood vaccine mandates, with others claiming they are being silenced on the matter by their institutions. On 3 September, Florida ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In early September, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo took the podium at a Tampa ...

Florida's medical marijuana patient growth has slowed to 3% in the last two years after years of double-digit increases. The amount of smokable medical marijuana dispensed nearly tripled between 2020 ...

Whooping cough cases in Florida have increased by 81% in 2025 compared to the total number of cases in 2024. State leaders have announced intentions to repeal vaccine mandates, prompting pediatricians ...

The Florida Department of Health in Duval County has extended a health alert for harmful blue-green algae toxins in the St. Johns River. The public is advised to exercise caution in and around the St.

A federal judge told the Trump administration on Friday to continue funding for food stamps during the government shutdown, a ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — Officials with the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory Thursday after sentinel chickens tested positive for the West Nile ...

Efforts to resolve a civil suit filed by filed by Wendy Carden, a former patient of Gulf Breeze plastic surgeon Ben Brown, have failed. The lawsuit, filed in Escambia County on behalf of Carden and ...

Florida has reported 29 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, also known as "flesh-eating" bacteria, so far this year. The bacterial infection has resulted in five deaths across the state in 2025. Vibrio ...