Miami-Dade

The family of 71-year-old Elin Etienne believes it was his body found in a closet at the North Dade Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 11 days after he went missing.

The city doesn't just react when temperatures soar. It plans months in advance: practicing, talking to vulnerable people, installing air conditioning units and just figuring out what to do when things get nasty.

The questionable imaging tests by North Shore Medical Center were done between March 2022 and March 2024. The facility is owned by Steward Health Care, which is undergoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

After failing to appeal to get more heat protections from the Legislature, a coalition of farmworkers from South-Dade and Immokalee intend to take their campaign directly to the powerful fast food and grocery industries that buy the produce they harvest.

Clean water is essential to daily life, yet it's easy to take it for granted. Here are some ways to check your water quality.

Emilie Ashbes overcame her addiction and is helping others do the same. The work is especially critical in Miami-Dade, which has the nation’s highest HIV infection rate, with dirty syringes, in part, to blame.

There have been 10 cases in South Florida this year. Eight in Miami-Dade and two in Broward.

Many experts believe heat-related illnesses and deaths are almost certainly undercounted both in Florida and nationwide. One major reason is the way the medical industry keeps records.

The Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation donated to RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys unpaid hospital bills in bulk at a reduced rate and pays them off.

Loved ones and community members demanded action as they gathered in remembrance of farmworker Efraín López García, who died this month while working outdoors in the sweltering heat.