Health

State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Wednesday vowed to end vaccine mandates in Florida, putting the state in the middle of a growing national debate.

The discovery sheds new light on the Plague of Justinian, which may have killed 50 million people during the sixth century.

Cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Healthcare Act are coming next year. A grassroots movement is attempting to lessen the blow by petitioning for an expansion of Medicaid on the 2026 voter ballot.

Two-thirds of the dangerously hot days in Florida in recent years were linked to climate change. Symptoms of heat exposure include false labor contractions and even pre-term labor.

It's a difficult rite of passage for young adults without job-based insurance. Here are some tips for getting started when your're no longer covered under your parent's plan.

Some people claim raw milk has a better taste and can protect them from asthma and allergies. But public health professor Jill Roberts says there's no data to back up these claims.

A team at Florida International University is using digital stethoscopes and machine learning to analyze heartbeats, similar to how a musician picks up an off-key note. Their models are showing 95% accuracy in predicting health issues that doctors may miss.

The money will support two major initiatives through the Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research

The approach, which mimics how the body responds to a virus, could pave the way for a universal cancer vaccine.

Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health, the USA TODAY NETWORK is reporting.