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A bill aimed at reforming the way Florida foster children are placed in group homes died on the last day of the 2016 legislative session.

When Florida Surgeon General John Armstrong goes before a Senate committee Tuesday for a confirmation hearing, two members of the panel will be waiting...

Insurers must pay $41.7 million in rebates to Florida individuals and employers this summer, an amount that far exceeds refunds in any other state,...

Is Obamacare really a creation of the "liberal elite?" And have things gotten worse in Cuba for dissidents since Fidel Castro stepped down from office?…

Health officials think two people in Miami may have contracted the virus from local mosquitoes. So they're spraying pesticide to help stop the virus from spreading into Florida's mosquito population.

Do you want to vigorously dab, protest, Goth dance, or shoot a Ki blast cannon (a Dragon Ball Z attack) at Hurricane Irma to shoo it away? How about...

One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island Wednesday, tearing off roofs and sending doors flying from hinges as officials…

The President's diagnosis calls for contact tracing on a massive scale. Luckily, not everyone President Trump saw this week with is a high risk exposure. Here's who is.

The 2020 Games were supposed to begin in late July. "The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating," organizers say.

President Trump says test data will establish risk categories for counties. States can then work out their own social distancing rules.

Many tattoo artists have traditionally declined to put color tattoos on darker-skinned people because they say it doesn’t look as good, or involves more…

On Monday, all of Florida will be in phase one of the state’s reopening plan. As the Sunshine State inches back from pandemic shutdowns, a vital part of...

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor on Sunday afternoon issued a citywide curfew after peaceful protests this weekend ended with violence.The curfew will last from…

WUSF will be providing the latest news and information on coronavirus in Tampa Bay and across the state. Here are the latest developments:Here are the…

The White House coronavirus task force convened a news conference following a concession by the Trump administration that normalcy won't be restored by Easter or maybe even this spring.

The president offered a dire outlook on Saturday for the week to come, yet also said, "Some hard decisions are going to have to be made" regarding social distancing guidelines.

A University of South Florida student is speaking out about his past in the white nationalist movement.Scott Ernest, an undergraduate student in public…

Did you really think the apples you lifted out of a wooden crate at a grocery store came from a local farm? Think again. As Martin Lindstrom explains in his new book, Brandwashed, companies use many tricks to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy.

A year into social distancing, we check in with some of the people we met in the early days of the pandemic to see how they're doing and what they've learned.

For people who love coffee, it's more than just a drink. The morning cup is part ritual, part pick-me-up. But what most people don't know is that a small amount of caffeine can give many people the lift they want, without producing jitters.

Judge Jeffrey Foster ordered law enforcement to disclose videos to Brown's family within 10 days but blocked public release until an investigation of the shooting is complete in 30 to 45 days.

The Trump administration rolled back the regulations last year, a move that was so controversial even some oil companies opposed it. Methane is an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a tentative statewide reopening date of June 15, provided vaccine availability increases and hospitalizations remain low.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Heath, about how the new COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax, plays into global vaccination rates.

Several people who testified in favor of the bill advocated for the removal of books that they said contained sexually explicit content or material that was not age-appropriate.