Lakeland

HCA Florida’s two freestanding emergency rooms in Lakeland – one opens Dec. 23 – are part of a wave of new facilities in this Central Florida town.

After Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo came to Polk County and called fluoridation a “public health malpractice,” city commissioners said they would need to learn more before they could vote on the issue.

Founder Jason DeShazo, known locally as drag performer "Momma Ashley Rose," said the center will expand in early 2025 to encompass the other half of the building it's renting.

Faced with infertility, Christians who believe life begins at or around conception must wrestle with weighty questions related to beliefs and ethics. The dilemma reflects the age-old friction between faith and science at the heart of the recent IVF controversy in Alabama.

The clinic shares space with a MacDill Air Force Base health center, part of a growing partnership between the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs.

Katie Seeright's daughter, Adeline, suffers from Aicardi syndrome, which prevents the 6-year-old from being able to take care of herself.

The center in Temple Terrace will serve as a one-stop shop for veterans experiencing mental and behavioral health issues. The VA is also starting to build a health clinic in Lakeland.

The new Lakeland clinic could help reduce wait times and how far veterans in Polk County have to travel for care.

With new bars and restaraunts going up in Downtown Lakeland, one city commissioner thinks allowing people to walk the downtown streets with alcoholic...

Florida Hospital has purchased about 100 acres along Interstate 4 in Lakeland where it plans to build a freestanding emergency room and eventually a…