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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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FIU and Nicklaus Children's Hospital launch new pediatric partnership

4 days ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Helen Acevedo

Medical students at Florida International University are about to get a lot more hands-on experience. That's after FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Nicklaus Children's Hospital launched a new academic partnership. The collaboration of the Miami institutions promises the addition of more clinical pediatric training opportunities and to strengthen related research in South Florida.
'Slither' author shares how Burmese pythons might teach us more about our health

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Meleah Lyden

For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned anyone who looked at her into stone, it might not be a shocker that these slithering creatures tend to frighten many who come across them.
Florida Blue and Broward Health at an impasse as contract deadline approaches

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

The clock is ticking louder for Florida Blue policyholders as the insurer and Broward Health remain at an impasse on a new agreement after three months of negotiations. If no deal is reached, Broward Health will be out of network for Florida Blue customers after June 30, when the current hospital-insurer contract ends. The stalemate, as with similar insurer-hospital contract negotiations in recent years, centers on how much more Florida Blue would need to reimburse the hospital for patient care.
Farmers' medical benefits plan included in Florida health-related bills signed by DeSantis

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed several heath care-related bills, including a measure to allow the Florida Farm Bureau to offer largely unregulated medical coverage to members. The bill (SB 480), which overwhelmingly passed the Legislature in April, will clear the way for “medical benefit plans” for farmers and ranchers that would not be subject to the same state and federal regulations as health insurance.
Trump's funding cuts threaten HIV research and treatment in South Florida

2 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Helen Acevedo

The Trump administration has made several policy changes that could potentially impact HIV prevention and treatment efforts in FloridaSouth Florida has one of the highest HIV and AIDS infection rates in the country. Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach each rank in the top 5% of counties for transmission of the virus, which weakens the immune system. Local HIV research and response efforts are on the chopping block as part of the administration's cuts to federal grants and funding.
AdventHealth Orlando's $1 billion investment in main campus includes a new medical tower

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

AdventHealth Orlando has announced plans to erect a $660 million, 14-story medical tower on its main campus that includes expanded specialty treatments. It’s part of a long-term, multiphase $1 billion investment that the nonprofit health system calls Central Florida’s “largest single investment in health care.”The tower will add 440 inpatient beds, 24 operating rooms, and endoscopy and imaging services to the 172-acre complex east of downtown Orlando, according to a Wednesday news release.
House Ag panel OKs cuts for SNAP in Trump tax bill. The program feeds 3 million Floridians

2 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Joe Byrnes

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee this past week approved cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that would, for the first time, leave states responsible for part of the cost. SNAP provides food assistance to nearly 3 million low-income Floridians. Republicans in Congress say the cuts are part of President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill." They say their measure restores integrity to the program and provides $290 billion in savings over the next 10 years.
DeSantis signs measure banning fluoridation in Florida's public water systems

3 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Douglas Soule

Florida has become the second state to ban fluoride from tap water. Communities across the U.S. have added the mineral to drinking water for decades to prevent tooth decay. But in Florida that will have to stop on July 1, when a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Thursday takes effect. "Forcing it into the water supply is basically forced medication on people," DeSantis said at a press conference in Dade City. "They don't have a choice.
Pensacola researchers studying how exercise can improve key health benefits for older adults

3 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Sandra Averhart

The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Pensacola is looking for people 60 or older to participate in a clinical trial exploring how exercise can improvekey health benefits for older adults. Marcas Bamman is a senior research scientist, leading the team conducting the study, named Multidimensional Modeling to Maximize Adaptations to Exercise. "We call it the M3AX Trial, and the reason why we call it the Max Trial is, No. 1, we want to maximize benefit," said Bamman.
Trump team faces key legal decision that could put mental health parity in peril

4 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Aneri Pattani

The Trump administration must soon make a decision that will affect millions of Americans’ ability to access and afford mental health and addiction care. The administration is facing a Monday deadline to declare if it will defend Biden-era regulations that aim to enforce mental health parity — the idea that insurers must cover mental illness and addiction treatment comparably to physical treatments for ailments such as cancer or high blood pressure.