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A survey of more than 2,000 Polk County residents found that 42% needed health care but were unable to receive it last year.
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A survey of more than 2,000 Polk residents found that 42% needed health care but were unable to receive it last year.
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The third Friday in March is when med school grads learn where they will start their careers as residents. Often they extend their careers in the same area, although Florida trails other large states in such retention.
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Havana's incentives include rent-free office space and medical equipment With a physician shortage hitting small communities hard, town leaders put ads in newspapers and on social media.
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Dr. John Marquardt is an orthopedic surgeon at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa. He spoke with Health News Florida from his beach house that's been gutted since Hurricane Helene.
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One physician at this past week's Florida Climate Conference in Sarasota says climate change needs to be part of medical school curriculums in the U.S.
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Doctors for and against Amendment 4 are pitching their arguments to voters until the final hours of the election, deepening a wedge in the medical community.
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Hundreds of physicians have a stake in Amendment 4, and with the election only days away, many are going public. Supporters gave their support in letter while opponents are rallying with Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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The former top lawyer with the health department signed an affidavit stating that state attorneys wrote a letter under his name and told him to mail it to TV stations threatening legal action over a Yes on 4 ad.
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Physicians Against Amendment 4, an organization of over 300 doctors of differing specialties, has an issue with Amendment 4's language, among other concerns. This week, 19 of them went public in Orlando.