public health

State and local public health departments are turning to apps as to help them reach people when they need help the most. Birth control finders, recipe tweakers and searchable restaurant inspections are in the mix.

Health policy consultant Paul Gionfriddo of Lake Worth, who listed the ten best states for health last week in his blog Our Health Policy Matters, now…

At his blog Our Health Policy Matters, consultant Paul Gionfriddo has his own measuring stick to compare states on how healthy they are. He gives extra…

Dr. Homer Rice, who worked for the Florida Department of Health for 36 years and spent the last eight as chief of the Leon County unit, was forced out of…

The Gainesville Rural Women's Health Project, which educates Hispanic women in several rural Florida counties on early detection of breast cancer, is a…

More than 200 dietary supplements have been recalled in recent years because they contain drugs that aren't listed on the label and are potentially harmful, an analysis finds.

A state-funded smoking cessation program has been a huge success, Florida health officials say. As the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports, Tobacco Free…

A new analysis of government data finds that antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause human illness were widespread in supermarket meat samples tested. The implications are significant: that the bacteria had become resistant to antibiotics back at the farm because farmers were overusing them.

"The top priority is diagnosis — the capability to be able to pick up this virus, should it emerge outside of China," says virologist John McCauley. Flu researchers are getting started on creating a vaccine, but there are still many unknowns.

The CDC says antibiotics are being used way too much, especially in southern states, the Associated Press reports. The study found doctors are prescribing…