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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is aiming for a 15 percent cut in the agency's budget, even as it's serving a growing population of veterans.
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Dr. Jyoti Somani with Jackson Health offers her expertise after an isolated case at a Miami high school. A key point: People who have the MMR vaccine have little chance of getting the highly contagious virus. -
Tuesday was Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day at the Capitol. Advocates say the legislative awareness event is vital to the disability community -
Yoga with goats, foxes, lemurs and more can be found across the country. In Florida, elephant yoga classes are held every couple of months at the Myakka Elephant Ranch in Manatee County. -
Part 2 in a series: After thousands of families lost Medicaid, many enrolled their children with complex needs in Florida Healthy Kids, a state insurance plan that wasn’t meant to cover their special care. -
The county's safety and health committee took no action on fluoridation after the surgeon general's presentation to convince members to end the practice.
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Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign aid cuts could usher in a wider resurgence. -
They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate overuse of CT scans is increasing the U.S. cancer burden. -
The president signed four executive orders to reverse the trend away from coal-fired electricity in the U.S., but there's little economic incentive for utilities to bring it back when natural gas is so much cheaper.
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