Ryan Benk
Ryan Benk is originally from Miami, Florida and came to Tallahassee to attend Florida State University. He worked on Miami Dade College’s Arts and Literature Magazine- Miamibiance Magazine and has published poetry and a short film called “ The Writer.” He’s currently working as the Newsroom’s Researcher while finishing his Creative Writing Bachelor’s Degree at Florida State University. When he’s not tracking down news, Ryan likes watching films, writing fiction and poetry, and exploring Florida.
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As another Florida legislative session boots up in Tallahassee this week, lawmakers are set to take another whack at regulating telehealth. -
Following the holidays and a snap of unusually cold weather, some Northeast Florida hospitals are dealing with dangerously-low blood supplies. At least... -
Congress has passed a funding measure that keeps the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) going through March — the program insures hundreds of... -
The percentage of Florida’s population properly inoculated against the flu is far lower than federal health officials recommend, according to a new... -
According to Centers for Disease Control data, sexually transmitted disease infections are on the rise among the country’s youngest population. In... -
World AIDS Day is Friday, but the City of Jacksonville is dedicating the whole week to awareness, beginning Monday with the unfurling of parts of the...
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Jacksonville has the highest rate of fentanyl-related deaths in the state, according to an annual Florida Department of Law Enforcement report . -
A Live Oak poultry producer and environmental groups have reached a settlement over Suwannee River pollution, avoiding further litigation. Pilgrim’s... -
Veteran homelessness has dropped 80 percent in Jacksonville since 2009, that’s according to a new report from nonprofit Changing Homelessness . -
After years of failed attempts to expand Medicaid insurance coverage in Florida, one recently-formed group is pushing for something more — single payer....
