From 2020 to 2022, the state observed a 1.4% increase in liver-related deaths compared with the years before the pandemic. During that period, alcohol sales also increased.

Everybody knows someone — maybe it's you — who got COVID but never got sick or who thinks they never got COVID at all. A new study found one possible reason, involving a certain gene and common colds.

A misleading Instagram post claimed Florida is poised to prohibit COVID-19 vaccines because they are bioweapons. There's no evidence that state officials have announced any steps to ban them.

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, litigation — whether about vaccines, masks, or a range of other public health policies made during the pandemic — isn’t about to end.

The number of people dying from alcoholic liver disease rose dramatically in the last decade, sped by the COVID pandemic.

With the public health emergency over, some states have already stopped the Medicaid payments while others have yet to make them permanent.

The numbers issued by a SBA inspector general are much greater than previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs.

Supporters say the proposed rules would balance the goals of increasing access to health care and helping prevent medication misuse. Opponents say the rules would make it difficult for some patients — especially those in rural areas — to get care.

The newest report angered some Republicans, who have argued the Biden administration is wrongly withholding classified information, and researchers, who accuse the U.S. of not being forthcoming.

A Tampa-based federal judge in April 2022 halted a mandate that people wear masks on planes, trains and buses. The appellate panel cited the end to the public health emergency.