Health & Science

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.

Liberty and Calhoun, two rural counties right next to each other, have experienced little to no population growth over the past five years. At the same time, the population is getting older.

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

7-0H is a chemical compound found naturally in the kratom plant. Products containing the compound but in extracted, potent forms have been popping up all over the country.

Teams have had their hands full this summer thanks to a population explosion all over the state, as well as an uptick in locally acquired cases of dengue in Brevard County.

Some people claim raw milk can protect them from asthma and allergies. But a USF public health professor says there's no data to back up those claims.

A new scorecard published by the Population Reference Bureau finds that Florida restricts access to birth control, ranking alongside Kansas, Mississippi and Alabama.

Florida’s Second Chance Act is a new law requiring first-time student athletes to receive heart screenings before participating in school sports.