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Florida grand jury probing COVID vaccine issues

WEBA statewide grand jury probing issues related to COVID-19 vaccines has asked the Florida Supreme Court to extend its term for six months. Gov. Ron DeSantis …

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Health News Florida

WEBHealth News Florida is a collaboration of public radio stations and NPR that delivers news about health care cost, quality and access. It is based at WUSF in Tampa.

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Florida House gives final OK to health care bills that next heads to

WEBThe Florida House on Thursday gave final approval to a wide-ranging health care plan that supporters say will help prepare for future population growth and fuel …

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Coronavirus Health News Florida

WEBNews about coronavirus in Florida and around the world is constantly emerging. It's hard to stay on top of it all but Health News Florida and WUSF can help. …

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Climate Change Is Greatest Threat To Public Health, Top Medical

WEBThe rapidly warming climate is the "greatest threat" to global public health, more than 200 medical journals are warning in an unprecedented joint statement that …

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Hillsborough has a free health plan for residents who can't get

WEBThe county program uses a half-cent sales tax to pay for health care for thousands of residents earning up to 175% of the federal poverty level. But enrollment …

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More hospital patients are being treated at home as Orlando …

WEBA simulation of Orlando Health's Hospital at Home Care program featuring a nurse visiting a patient in home on "Pink Carnation Court." The program, which has …

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Health is on the agenda at UN climate

WEBAdvocates say human-driven climate change is hurting people's health worldwide–but taking action like reducing reliance on fossil fuels lowers risks immediately.

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Biden signs an executive order to help with women's health research

WEBMICHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Biden signed an executive order yesterday to allocate $12 billion to new women's health research at the National …

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Where public health stands 4 years after the COVID-19 pandemic …

WEBRASCOE: President Trump declared COVID a national emergency on March 13, 2020. That anniversary has come and gone, but COVID continues to affect us …

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There's a way to get healthier without even going to a gym. It's …

WEBThe idea that NEAT is naturally dialed up or down in response to how much energy you are taking in hasn't always been replicated in subsequent research, says …

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As AI eye exams prove their worth, lessons for future tech emerge

WEBBut health care providers need that government approval to get reimbursement. In 2021, CMS set the national payment rate for AI diabetic retinopathy …

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Ready to cold plunge

WEBIn this sense, the cold can be its own kind of workout. It can even bump up your metabolic rate as much as five times above your resting rate. Cold exposure on its …

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9 ways to get healthier in 2024 without trying very hard

WEB9 ways to get healthier in 2024 without trying very hard. Walking, biking or even riding a scooter to get from place to place ups your non-exercise activity …

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Here's what to know about dengue, as Puerto Rico declares a …

WEBPuerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year.. It's the latest …

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They thought they bought Obamacare plans. What they got wasn't

WEBShe promptly got multiple calls from insurance brokers and bought a plan for $384 a month. Later, though, when she went to a pharmacy and doctors' offices in …

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More women are drinking themselves sick. Reversing the trend is a

WEBHistorically, alcohol has disproportionately affected men. But targeted advertising and changes in societal norms have led to an upsurge in alcohol-related …

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Why the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is …

WEB"It's just a matter of time, if nothing is done, that the transmission crosses the border in the African region and, again, globally," says Dr. Jean Nachega, an …

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Appeals court gives go-ahead to a malpractice

WEBAn appeals court has revived a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a man who alleged he suffered hip fractures while unconscious in a Manatee County hospital …

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The president's personal physician has issued Biden a clean bill of

WEBThe president's personal physician has issued Biden a clean bill of health. President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous 80-year-old. That's according to his …

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Why a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't

WEBWhen Bill Gates came to town last year, national headlines portrayed Kemmerer as a dying coal town now getting a new lease on life thanks to America's …

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In Pennsylvania, she wants to hand out new

WEBBut in Pennsylvania, where 5,158 people died from a drug overdose in 2022, the state's drug paraphernalia law stands in the way. Concerns over Botteicher's work …

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Haiti's chaos puts both patients and health-care workers at risk

WEBGang leaders are holding press conferences even as their members hold much of the capital of Port-au-Prince hostage, terrorize the country at large and kidnap …

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