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Some credit cards advertised by hospitals lure in patients with rosy promises of convenient, low-interest payments on big bills. But interest rates soar if you can't quickly pay off the loan.

A panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal shielded Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare from having to turn over a report to a family that alleges a child’s condition resulted from a birth injury or treatment received at the hospital.

Some primary care physicians will drop seldom-seen patients. That’s a particular problem for those who postponed doctor visits during the pandemic.

Federal officials are investigating after reports that a woman whose water broke at 18 weeks could not get recommended care because hospital officials were concerned about Missouri’s strict abortion law.

Federal officials said they are penalizing 2,273 hospitals, the fewest since the fiscal year that ended in September 2014. Driving the decline was a change in the formula to compensate for the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts said the findings in a North Carolina state treasurer's report are significant because they suggest the federal government has failed to closely watch the billions of dollars in tax breaks for nonprofit hospitals.

Health workers on a federal disaster relief team have set up a tent emergency room outside Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Venice. They're helping take the pressure off, so hospital staff can focus on treating the sickest patients.

Hundreds of medical centers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts face serious risks from even relatively weak storms as climate change accelerates sea-level rise — not to mention big ones like Category 4 Hurricane Ian.

In total, 67 babies had to be evacuated from Southwest Florida hospitals to regions throughout the state. All Children's in St. Petersburg has 21 of them.

A New York woman seeking to end a dangerous ectopic pregnancy in a fallopian tube finds the procedure more complicated and expensive than expected — even in a state with liberal abortion laws.