Health & Science

This is the second year for the community outreach health fair.

Health experts worry the change could lower vaccination rates and lead to a rise in preventable diseases like polio, which many doctors have little experience with.

This year marks the first time Planned Parenthood has made its free screening day, called the Pink Project, a statewide event.

The event included many nonprofit caregivers and information providers.

On Speaking Of, we delve into what we know so far about the proposal. City leaders will hear more about it at next week's commission meeting.

The Florida Board of Pharmacy cited a state law that allows pharmacists to administer vaccines that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr. Scott Rivkees, a pediatrician who served as surgeon general from 2019 to 2021, says the state is going backward when it comes to childhood vaccines.

The plan would include only chickenpox and a few other diseases unless state lawmakers decide to expand it.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, along with Gov. Ron DeSantis, made the announcement Wednesday.

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