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Mosquito control groups are hard at work during the drought, making sure today's low mosquito count doesn't become a population boom.
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Wilfredo Lee/APSun protection factor — better known as SPF — tells you how well a sunscreen protects your skin against ultraviolet B radiation, the type of UV rays that are most responsible for causing sunburns. -
Patrick Sison/APThe companies announced the deal two days before the current contract’s expiration, which would have left about 147,000 United customers without access to BayCare’s providers and facilities.
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In "Grief, Hope, Baseball," Jessica Rios chronicles her ups and downs with addiction and trauma. She conquered her demons through America’s pastime, where each day there is a new game, a new lesson. -
Pensacola's Health and Hope Clinic says patients are arriving sicker and with more advanced health problems than in previous years -
The former U.S. Attorney General from Tampa says she is "doing well" after surgery. The cancer was reportedly diagnosed after she was fired by President Donald Trump in April. -
The agreement restores eligibility for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to 400% of the federal poverty level ($62,600 per year), reverses the drug restrictions and provides $75 million to run the program. -
Canadian researchers have figured out a way to engineer bacteria into chewing up tumors. The little microbes eat and eat until they grow big enough to take over the unwanted mass. -
Two FDA staffers who spoke under condition of anonymity to the AP some agency officials only learned of the change the night before it was published. -
Some screenings and treatments no longer make sense for patients as they age. Researchers have just added a few more to the list. -
By mid-April the seaweed had spread across the Caribbean, with substantial amounts pushing into the Gulf. Huge amounts washed up along many shorelines in what USF researchers call "beaching events." -
The funding, reported by Stat, flows through the state's Directed Payment Program and covers care delivered between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025. -
Parents with newborns in intensive care have long faced a difficult but overlooked plight: Many choose to return to work immediately rather than use up leave they will need when their baby comes home. -
The cases come a week after none were reported in Florida for a week and only one over the previous two weeks. One of the Orange County patients is under 5. -
The woman, who is from Ecuador, was on the cruise ship that had a hantavirus. She says she wanted to be monitored in South Florida, whe she has a home, but was kept against her will.
