health department

With bankruptcy looming in 2012, Detroit largely dismantled its public health department. Years later, that decision offers a cautionary tale to other U.S. cities as the painful rebuilding continues.

Many Florida schools are pressing ahead with reopening plans, and are in close consultation with area health departments. But are those public health...

Most four-legged patrons of pet-friendly restaurants would have to remain outside, under a bill proposed this week by state Rep. Bruce Antone, D-Orlando.

After more than 2,000 cases of reported hepatitis A cases in Florida this year, state Surgeon General Scott Rivkees declared a public health emergency…

Florida is dealing with the state's worst hepatitis A outbreak in years and the Tampa Bay area has been hit the hardest. Health officials in Pinellas...

A Florida woman who was helping a friend into a car at a large retirement community felt something hit her arm but thought nothing of it until she went…

The Department of Health spent a week touring the state to get feedback on their draft rule for Amendment Two. The department’s cautious approach for...

Two more possible non-travel-related cases of Zika virus are being investigated in South Florida, the Florida Department of Health confirmed Wednesday.The…

The Florida Department of Health reports a child in Miami-Dade County has come down with a case of measles. According to a release from the health...

The state Department of Health has confirmed the first Florida case of a severe respiratory illness affecting children around the country.Officials said a…