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Florida reported 66 cases of the gastrointestinal illness, down from the previous week's count of 87. That paralleled national numbers as the head of FDA assured Americans it was OK to eat lettuce.
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It would provide funding to help better educate primary care doctors on how to diagnose and treat those who might have diabetes. -
weyo/stock.adobe.comThe vice president of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics knows what happens when the vaccination rate dips below herd immunity.
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The demonstration at the HCA Florida Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee comes as the union representing the workers negotiates a new contract with HCA Healthcare. -
Tania Rosa Rodriguez, 57, applied for citizenship in 2017 and was naturalized in 2018. On her application, Rodriguez stated under penalty of perjury that she had never committed a crime. -
The president's executive order advocates for the split of the MMR vaccine into three shots, directs the government to research vaccine safety, and directs all states to provide religious and medical exemptions. -
As heat advisories cover much of Florida and students head back to school, parents are thinking about sunscreen and staying cool. But heat illness—not sunburn—is the immediate danger that claims young lives. Here are five hidden heat dangers every Florida parent should know. -
The funds will go to grow workforce education, expand access to care through mobile health units and telehealth services, and support hospitals and clinics. -
"Trump's new executive order changing the childhood vaccine schedule against the advice of pediatric experts is dangerous and makes no sense," said Frankel in a statement. She represents Florida's 22nd Congressional District. -
The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce products from central Mexico because of a potential link to a multistate cyclospora outbreak. -
A federal disclosure rule is offering new insight on the effect of healthcare monopolies on pricing, following a wave of U.S. mergers. -
Nothing has happened on a policy level. Yet, parents are confused, pediatricians are seeing vaccine hesitancy growing and exemption rates are the highest in a decade. -
No details are known other than the patient was over 60 and the infection was reported in late May or late June. There have been 14 cases of the flesh-eating bacteria in Florida this year. -
By combining forces, smaller school districts have found a way to bargain for better health insurance policies for their teachers by turning to a self-insured plan. -
A 5-year-old boy with autism was found dead Friday after drowning in the retention pond behind his Tampa apartment.
