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Florida is waiting on Congress to authorize two efforts that could help address algal blooms plaguing the state's coastal and inland waterways.

As Florida struggles with 'red tide' algae blooms on the west coast and blue-green algae in inland waterways, a federal program to help communities deal...

Everglades advocates are telling Congress to get moving on a major restoration project needed to help prevent future algae blooms like the ones...

The House has overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to give health care providers more tools to stem an opioid crisis that is killing more than 115…

A reservoir project that could help address water challenges in the Everglades is one step closer to being built. Congressional committees on Thursday...

Some patient groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the American Lung Association opposed the bill because they said it could do more harm than good.

The nation’s opioid epidemic has been called today’s version of the 1980s AIDS crisis.In a speech Monday, President Donald Trump pushed for a tougher…

The House overwhelmingly approved a bill to improve school safety Wednesday, the first gun-related action by Congress since the shooting that left 17 dead…

It started as a bipartisan attempt to curb soaring health care premiums.But Congress' effort to stabilize the nation's insurance markets is faltering amid…

A leading House Democrat announced his opposition Monday to a Republican bill making it easier for some terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs,…