Healthcare

Nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton Beach-Destin Hospital voted last week to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.

New U.S. Census data show Florida children are becoming more uninsured. Many lost their insurance and still need it for chronic illnesses.

On "The Florida Roundup," host Tom Hudson spoke with Florida Hospital Association president and CEO Mary Mayhew about her perspective on anticipated increases for Affordable Care Act insurance users.

The Remote Area Clinic will be set up at the Pensacola Fairgrounds on Saturday starting at 6 a.m., offering medical, dental, and vision services.

Tips and advice to get the best bang for your buck during the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace, which runs from November 1 to January 15.

Unregulated homes are proliferating amid abortion restrictions and a housing crunch. Some limit residents’ movements, contacts, and day-to-day decisions.

Florida, like states across the country, has declining immunization rates among kindergarten students. As classes resume, health care providers are urging parents or guardians to protect their children against potentially fatal diseases like measles.

When the industrialist Alfred I. duPont died in 1935, his will directed setting aside money to provide health care for kids, resulting in Nemours children's hospitals in Florida and other states. Now, a Florida appeals court has ruled that the Delaware attorney general can pursue a lawsuit about whether Delaware is being shortchanged.

In response to the report, a DCF official says the state's outreach strategy went "above and beyond" federal requirements and "any notion that Florida has failed in this process is false."

It's been nearly a year since Florida began reviewing Medicaid eligibility, and since then nearly half-a-million children have lost insurance. Many of them have fallen into a gap without coverage, including some with cancer.