AdventHealth Orlando has announced plans to erect a $660 million, 14-story medical tower on its main campus that includes expanded specialty treatments. It’s part of a long-term, multiphase $1 billion ...

The vote came two days after senators angrily objected to the House amendment that killed the funding for a Sen. Darryl E. Rouson Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research.

People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” an expert said.

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

The "Florida Farm Bill" has created a lot of debate over the 2025 Florida legislative session. The wide-ranging agriculture legislation would ban fluoride in Florida's public water systems and ...

The state Senate on Thursday passed a measure that would allow the Florida Farm Bureau to offer largely unregulated health coverage to member farmers and ranchers. The proposal (SB 480), which ...

Jacksonville University began construction Wednesday of the region’s first four-year medical school. JU and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine broke ground on the project at JU’s Medical ...

Data from the CDC shows 31 utilities in Florida had annual average fluoride levels that were approximately half the CDC’s recommended level or less for at least a year.

A study shows more people are looking for help to manage gambling addiction, in the years after a Supreme Court decision allowed online sports betting in 38 states.

The bird flu that has been growing more pervasive during the last few years has infected more than 500 species, including 485 avian and at least 70 mammal. The outbreak is being described as the ...

With continuous glucose monitors, students with Type 1 diabetes no longer have to visit the school nurse for a finger prick. But some parents say it falls to them to keep an eye on blood sugar levels ...

Last year, the Legislature stripped local governments of the power to enact protections, saying a county-by-county approach would be cumbersome for employers. Sponsors say the new bill addresses those ...