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Health News Florida is the sole news outlet focused on health topics in the third largest state in the U.S. We ensure that health care leaders, decision-makers, and professionals are held accountable. Our unbiased reporting, available online and through public radio, highlights how concerns related to costs, quality, and access to health care impact every resident of Florida. Established in 2006, Health News Florida became part of WUSF Public Media in Tampa in September 2012. By October 2014, we broadened our coverage by adding reporters from WLRN in Miami and WMFE in Orlando.

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EPA deadline approaches for a costly decision on forever chemicals

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Molly Duerig

The Environmental Protection Agency has until Monday to make a move in a lawsuit filed by two leading water utility membership groups against the agency last year for rules regulating the presence of certain PFAS, or "forever chemicals," in drinking water.
City council bans smoking and vaping on Jacksonville Beach

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Michelle Corum

The Jacksonville Beach City Council on Monday unanimously voted in favor of a smoke-free beach, bringing it in line with other Jacksonville-area beaches that ban smoking. The ban includes cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, electronic pens, e-cigarettes and any other lighted tobacco or electronic vaping product. Public comment from residents, health officials and the group Students Working Against Tobacco cited potential hazards of exposure to second-hand smoke and vaper in public spaces.
After last year's trauma, what can you do to prepare mentally for hurricane season?

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Gracyn Doctor |Matthew Peddie

Hurricane season is always stressful. And it may weigh even heavier as you continue to recover from last year’s storms. So, how are you coping and dealing with the unknowns as hurricane season begins June 1? On this episode of "Florida Matters," we invited a couple of experts in helping people get through crises. In addition, some of you reached out with stories about how last year’s hurricanes affected your mental health.
DeSantis says he will sign bill banning fluoridation in public water systems

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Rick Mayer

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said he plans to sign into law a bill that bans the use of fluoride in public water systems across the state. When it becomes law July 1, local governments are prohibited from using fluoride or other health additives to municipal water supplies, a practice that's been in place for decades to fortify dental hygiene.
Tallahassee officials offer differing opinions about a potential hospital sale to FSU

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Tristan Wood

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, the city of Tallahassee and Florida State University are in preliminary discussions exploring the future of the hospital. The land, building and assets are owned by the city. FSU has expressed interest in buying it. The hospital has pushed back on the idea.
Funding extended for the Middle Keys' only hospital, Fishermen’s Community in Marathon

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Joshua Ceballos

Local governments will continue funding the only hospital in the Middle Keys as the region continues to face a shortage in medical personnel. The Key Colony Beach City Commission recently voted to continue funding Baptist Health Fishermen’s Community Hospital in Marathon. The city pays into the Middle Keys Health Care Municipal Service Taxing Unit, which was established to help rebuild the hospital after it was destroyed during Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Americans are relying more on therapy than medication for their mental health needs

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Rhitu Chatterjee

The number of Americans relying on psychotherapy went up between 2018 and 2021, whereas the number of people using psychiatric medications went down.
A tuberculosis case was identified at a Fort Lauderdale school, health officials report

2 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Rick Mayer

A person with tuberculosis was identified on a school campus in Fort Lauderdale, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County said Tuesday. The active TB case was reported at Dillard High School, a magnet school for computer technology and performing arts with students in Grades 6-12. Health officials did not say whether the infected person was a student, teacher or administrator.
Sarasota Memorial Health cuts the ribbon on $75 million research and education facility

3 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Rick Mayer

The future is now for the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, which cut the ribbon Thursday on a long-awaited $75 million facility designed to merge its research and medical education programs under one roof. The Kolschowsky Research and Education Institute will expand training opportunities for health care providers while supporting clinical trials. That in turn will improve patient care and develop state-of-art treatments while attracting and retaining medical professionals.
Shuttered Rockledge Hospital leaves community without its emergency department

3 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Joe Mario Pedersen

Andrea Hardeman Brown remembers being 18 years old and getting her first hospital job at Rockledge Hospital. "It was large enough to be efficient for high-acuity patients, but it was small enough to still have the feel of a community hospital where everybody knew your name," Brown said. Brown, 43, now works as a clinical liaison for Kindred Hospital in Melbourne, though until recently her work brought her into Rockledge Hospital.