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South Florida's green spaces got some serious green from voters Tuesday. A half dozen municipalities across South Florida asked voters to weigh in on...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday said reports of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Florida prompted her to launch a statewide investigation and...
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The past 15 years have seen a drop in deaths and hospitalizations among Medicare patients — people 65 and older. Teasing out why is tricky, but it seems a good trend for the 50-year-old program.
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Veterans who suffered sexual assault or other sexual abuse while in uniform would get help more easily from the Department of Veterans Affairs under a…
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A “sleeper” provision when Congress created Medicare in 1965 to cover health care for seniors, Medicaid now provides coverage to nearly 1 in 4 Americans,…
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Five days before he was to start college, Fred Maahs' world turned upside down. Off the Delaware coast in 1980, on the last day of summer vacation, the…
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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a first-of-a-kind drug that lowers artery-clogging cholesterol more than older drugs that have been…
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The combined company would have an estimated revenue of $115 billion and cover 53 million people in the U.S.
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Disabled Americans are twice as likely to be poor as those without disabilities. They continue to face many financial and physical barriers, despite the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Looking at the big picture, the financial health of Social Security and Medicare doesn't appear to have worsened.Wednesday's annual check-up found that…
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Some analysts who have looked at health insurers’ proposed premiums for next year predict major increases for policies sold on state and federal health…
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Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease. Now that Pap tests for cervical cancer are needed less often, young women may not be getting the recommended annual test for chlamydia.