HIV in Florida

World AIDS Day is Wednesday and the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County is providing an opportunity for people to get free HIV tests.

The state received the highest award nationally from the Centers for Disease control and Prevention to help curb the spread of HIV.

The CDC's HIV surveillance report covers data collected from 2015 to 2019. Hillsborough and Pinellas counties were identified as particular areas of concern nationally.

With World AIDS Day approaching, we spent the full program taking a closer look at HIV in Florida with:

Federal health officials visited Miami this week to learn more about why HIV infection rates are higher in South Florida and Puerto Rico than most of...

With Florida and St. Petersburg repeatedly ranking high for rates of HIV and AIDS, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) opened a new clinic on Monday near…

The Florida Department of Health will begin offering a drug next year to help prevent the spread of HIV.

South Florida has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in new HIV cases. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranks...

Writing her own story, with support from peers, helped Cassandra Steptoe shed the shame she felt in her diagnosis and find psychological healing instead. Now she's inspiring others to do the same.

The Florida Department of Health is pushing back against the Tampa Bay Times for criticizing a revision in the number of the new HIV cases in the state.

The Florida House on Wednesday could give final approval to bills that would require faster testing of DNA evidence in sexual-assault cases and create a...

State Surgeon General John Armstrong, who heads the Florida Department of Health, has faced scrutiny from lawmakers recently on a number of high-profile...