Miami-Dade County

Bankrupt Steward Health announces a deal that allows for the transfer of its hospitals in several states to landlord Medical Properties Trust, which would operate the facilities while seeking new owners.

Miami-Dade wanted to enact rules, but the new state law prevents cities and counties from doing so. Employers say they want consistency in regulations. Worker advocates call it "outrageous" as summer approaches.

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration says A Hialeah Women Center did not comply with a law requiring information to be provided to patients at least 24 hours before procedures.

State Rep. David Borrero's measure, currently sitting in the Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee, includes an exception for if the mother’s life is at risk and addresses authorization by a minor.

A new study from researchers with the University of Miami, FIU and others found that many parts of the county could get an average of 6 degrees hotter than the official reading.

Parents of older students can opt their children out of the district’s mask mandate. The change doesn't apply to grades K-8.

The county has hired Jared Moskowitz, who oversaw Florida’s pandemic response as director of the state’s Division of Emergency Management, as a special adviser.

Leon is forcing its employees to be vaccinated or be fired. Meantime, Orange is requiring its nonunion workers to get the shots and Miami-Dade is mandating indoors masks in county buildings.

In the last three weeks, the number of COVID patients at Miami’s Jackson Health System increased 178%. More than 95% of the new patients are unvaccinated, and more than 40% are under age 50.

Jane Gilbert is the newly appointed interim chief heat officer for Miami-Dade. She has a task force focused on variables that make lower-income communities vulnerable to heat-related adversity.