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Fotografik Memories
Teaching a new generation and volunteering to help others is a way of life for some retired New York City firefighters who lost colleagues, friends and relatives 25 years ago in the World Trade Center attack.
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CDC Public Health Image Library/Florida TridentMonday is the deadline to comment on the health department's plan to strike four longstanding immunization requirements that the advocates say are safe and lifesaving. -
Daylina Miller/WUSFIf you’ve ever caused a rift in your family over a game of Monopoly, you might find it interesting that board games found their way into mental health care.
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International inspections are down about 35% since COVID kicked off a wave of agency retirements and departures. But the FDA failed to hit targets before that, and recent cuts suggest numbers may fall lower. -
Lily Ma, senior at Tallahassee's Chiles High School, probed the possibility of using stem cells as a vehicle to slow or even halt the degenerative process. -
Learning what attracts the pests could be useful to designing repellents that deter them from biting people and reducing local populations. A recent FIU study shows humans aren't the only fussy eaters. -
A $1.95 million infusion from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program initiated last year will expand the Labelle site to include a walk-in urgent care clinic and a medical lab. -
A study found that tiny pollution particles that drift indoors from nearby highways may affect more than just our breathing. They may alter our thinking, too. -
Obesity’s impacts are good for neither. Understanding these differences, though, might pave the way for researchers to look toward therapies that are targeted and differentiated by sex. -
The Defense Department received $1.2 billion from Congress last year for repairs to barracks around the world, which have been plagued for years by problems such as mold, insects and safety hazards. -
The Department of Health is reminding people who are active in Florida's freshwater to wear nose clips to avoid infections by a brain-eating amoeba presently active. -
The county reported 59 of the state's 73 cases this year as of the latest weekly update from Aug. 23-29. That 29 more than the previous update. There are three important steps for prevention. -
More new cases of measles have been recorded in Collier County, the Florida Department of Health data recording site says. -
Miami-Dade had the most cases at 61 and also reported just one new case. Lee County had the second highest number of cases at 42 and reported just one new case from the previous week. -
During Labor Day celebrations, advocacy groups are warning parents to keep a close eye on autistic children while they're in homes with pools
