Health News Florida
Originally founded in December 2006 as an independent grassroots publication dedicated to coverage of health issues in Florida, Health News Florida was acquired by WUSF Public Media in September 2012.
Please send news tips or questions to Julio Ochoa, Editor, Health News Florida, at 813-974-8633 or email julioochoa@wusf.org
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With the deadline of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday approaching, Florida has more than 4 million Obamacare enrollees. Nationally, the ACA added 3.7 million for a record tally of about 20 million. -
The hospital is renaming its children's hospital as the Muma Children’s Hospital at TGH after a large, unspecified donation was made by longtime supporters, Les and Pam Muma. -
The president wants lawmakers to provide more funds to aid efforts to block fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking. He also says that a deal with China will require monitoring to have an impact. -
According to an Orlando Sentinel report, the ARC of Florida says the unused funds were enough to support medical treatments, therapy and housing for 23,000 people on a state waiting list. -
The Senate and House unanimously passed the measure to eliminate the cap on the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities as part of last week's special session. -
The proposal would increase the number of students this school year while also placing a higher cap on the number of ESE students next year. The Senate is slated to vote on the issue Wednesday. -
The anticipated increase will eat into a 3.2% cost-of-living bump for Social Security recipients that was announced on Thursday. -
Both cases were a type of malaria known as P. vivax, which is not as fatal as others. The latest discovery triggered a mosquito-borne illness alert for both counties. -
Neuralink is one of many groups working on linking the nervous system to computers. Elon Musk previously said one of the first applications in people would to attempt to restore vision. -
The legislation has been praised by health workers. The Florida Hospital Association says the law will lead to safer working conditions and better patient care.
