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Starting Oct. 1, millions of uninsured people around the country are going to have a new place to shop for health insurance, but many still dont know about

Prescription painkillers should not be a first choice for treating common ailments like back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines de...

Struggling with long wait times, the Veterans Affairs Health Care System is trying something new: a partnership with the CVS Pharmacy chain to offer...

The end of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's bid for the presidency, cut off by a crushing loss Tuesday in the Florida GOP primary, raises intriguing questions…

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the George Zimmerman trial are heading into their weekend with a lot of courtroom drama and conflicting testimony to…

Brooke and Andrew Lee can't imagine being without health insurance. So for the past seven years, that's meant digging deep into the earnings of their...

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is working to tamp down conservative backlash to the Senate's immigration bill, which he helped craft. Radio talk show hosts, Tea Party activists and conservative bloggers are concerned that Rubio and other Republicans are giving away too much on an issue they believe mostly helps Democrats.

Two days before the fall semester recently started at the University of South Florida, William Garrison was walking through the main Library on the Tampa…

Members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition are in the second week of their 10-week, 925-mile trek from Central Florida to the Alabama State line.…

Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen is working to put the anti-overdose medication naloxone into the hands of as many heroin users as possible. But the price of the antidote has nearly doubled.

With the pope's arrival Tuesday, many are wondering how his liberal views will coincide with those of conservative American Catholics and bishops during his visit.

The first draft of a new set of Florida congressional districts came under fire on several fronts Tuesday, with two members of Congress blasting the plan…

Under fire in the media and the state Senate, the Florida Department of Health on Tuesday took another step toward accepting children into a program...

One of the most contentious environmental issues facing state lawmakers in the upcoming session is what to do with Amendment 1. That mandated a large pot…

Donald Trump on Tuesday stood by his call to block all Muslims from entering the United States, even as the idea was widely condemned by rival Republican…

The first hint that Mosaic's Wingate Mine is no ordinary phosphate mine comes when you drive down a dirt road and see a large dredge boat listing in a…

Under scrutiny since a high-ranking Democrat resigned after admitting an affair with a lobbyist, Senate President Joe Negron insisted Thursday he has a…

Listeners of the popular NPR program Snap Judgment, recognize its host for his wildly expressive delivery and the show's emphasis on "storytelling with a…

This year has been anything but routine in Boston, after the deadly marathon bombings and the chaotic manhunt. But tonight, the traditional July Fourth show will go on as the Boston Pops performs amid bursts of fireworks. While the music and pyrotechnics will be familiar, the scene and mood are different.

Tropical Storm Karen is poised to become the first named storm to hit the U.S. during what had been a relatively quiet hurricane season.Karen is forecast…

Charlie Crist left the Republican Party during a failed bid for Senate and later became a Democrat. Now he's running against Florida's current Republican governor, Rick Scott, a conservative elected with strong Tea Party support.

President Obama took time Wednesday to remember Steven Sotloff, the American journalist and South Florida native recently murdered by militants of the...

Health regulators will almost certainly delay a rule that will eventually create the framework for the state's new medical marijuana industry after an…

Jenna Pascoli stands in a small, glass-paneled room inside the The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Dental Medicine clinic in...

A man accused of throwing his daughter off a bridge has been found incompetent to stand trial in her death. John Jonchuck appeared in court Tuesday. The...