Healthy State

Several cancer research centers are responding cautiously to Gov. Rick Scott's ultimatum to stop franchising their brands - or lose millions in state…

What happens if you can't store medicines at the recommended temperature? A pharmacist explains why drugs need to be kept cool and dry and what happens if they aren't.

Health officials in Florida are struggling to contain a tuberculousis outbreak that's been described as one of the worst in 20 years.It's been blamed for…

The Affordable Care Act isn't just creating divides down political lines.Citizens, health care providers, and business owners are falling on both sides of…

Tampa is getting graded on its level of health -- and the report card will be given out by none other than Dr. Oz.The "Dr. Oz Show", a popular health…

Five states have said they will not expand Medicaid in the week since the Supreme Court's decision ruled the administration's health law could not be used to force the change. Low-income people who aren't poor enough to qualify for Medicaid now may be left high and dry.

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act have derided it from the beginning as "Obamacare."Recently, something interesting happened. Supporters of the ACA,…

Gov. Rick Scott says he won't implement key parts of the federal health care law, including Medicaid expansion.But what about the nearly one million…

Many liberals are worried about the Supreme Court's decision to curtail the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, but The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn says it won't have as much impact as people fear.

Florida was the lead plaintiff in the 27-state lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act.Now that the law has been upheld by the Supreme Court, Governor…

With Election Day still four months away, the anger and elation felt in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act may die down…

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold nearly all of the federal health care law produced very different reactions in Central Florida. Josephine Mercado, the founder of a health care nonprofit, says she plans to party. But congressional hopeful Todd Long says it's a blow to Americans' freedom.