Health & Science

The work of IDEA is especially critical in Miami-Dade, which has the nation’s highest HIV infection rate.

Lawmakers have filed bills that would allow Medicaid beneficiaries with “serious mental illness” to avoid a practice known as step therapy in receiving medications.

Amid population growth and a shortfall of doctors and nurses, the Florida Senate is ready to start crafting legislation aimed at expanding access to health care.

During his career, Dr. Brickler delivered more than 30,000 babies, and the women’s center at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital is named after him. The pioneering physician retired in 2019 after more than 60 years in medicine.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a federal lawsuit in Tampa that accuses the parent company of Facebook and Instagram of using manipulative features to keep kids hooked on social media.

As the state defends its process, the executive director of the Center for Children and Families says, "We know children are losing Medicaid," but "where are they going?"

The National Weather Service offers hurricane and other weather preparedness videos in American Sign Language and with captions.

Watching his friends - and himself - return to normal after the massacre in 2018, Kai Koerber created an app built on AI to help people manage their emotions.

For the first time, Medicare will negotiate the prices of 10 common medicines.

Some 431,000 Florida residents -- including many children -- have lost Medicaid since May, when the state began unwinding the coverage mandated during the pandemic.