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A USF professor of environmental health biology says funding cuts scaled back the CDC's FoodNet surveillance network, reducing monitoring of foodborne illnesses such as cyclosporiasis.
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asawin klabma/Have a nice day/stock.adobe.comAs of July 1, public high school students are required to receive electrocardiogram tests to participate in school-sanctioned sports. -
Al Diaz/Miami HeraldThe now-retired Judge Steven Leifman said he envisioned a place that could divert people away from the ninth floor of a detention center into a facility where they would receive individualized treatment.
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The complaint, filed in Tampa federal court, alleges the drugmaker unlawfully cut off discounts in the pdiscounts, forcing TGH to pay higher prices for medications that only Eli Lilly can provide. -
Tampa’s popularity as a travel destination contributed to the its return to the pest control company's rankings as places with a high volume of residents and visitors make it easy for bedbugs to spread. -
His new Florida insurer no longer lets drugmaker coupons count toward his deductible, leaving him to pay thousands of dollars for medication that previously cost him nothing after insurance. -
There have been 48 cases of cyclosporiasis in Florida from June 1 to July 4 and 60 for the year, accoring to the latest data available on the Florida Department of Health's disease database. -
The FBI alleges Khalid Satary owned and operated diagnostic labs that billed Medicare for expensive and unnecessary genetic tests. A reward of $150,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest. -
A tragic case in Kissimmee illustrates how rising insurance costs can force patients to switch plans — and risk losing timely access to critical medications. -
Florida has four of the 10 hot car deaths nationwide this year. Experts say while there is science behind why anyone can forget about their child in the backseat, there are simple ways to prevent such a tragedy. -
Experts said the TPS healthcare workforce exodus will be felt most acutely in New York, Massachusetts and Florida. Florida, with its high populations of older people and immigrants, will be particularly hard hit. -
The cut was mandated in President Donald Trump’s big tax-and-policy law last year. The restored funding does not mean the battle over federal abortion policy has ended, and not all services that were cut will return. -
Twelve people in two states have been infected with four hospitalizations. No deaths have been reported. Based on interviews, the GreenWise frozen berries were identified as the leading item of interest. -
It took a year for Hatch and AHCA Secretary Shevaun Harris to finally receive Senate approval in the wake of the Hope Florida Foundation scandal involving Medicaid settlement money. -
Veteran Brian Johnson said recovery from PTSD did not happen all at once. It started with asking for help and, eventually, with a large schnoodle named Homer.
