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Tobacco commercials were banned in 1971. However, nicotine has found its way back into the marketing game via e-cigarettes. Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson…

Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold a conference call today on Ebola preparedness and training with Florida...

Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans, Inc. has named Andrew “Drew” Asher as senior vice president, and anticipates he will become Chief Financial Officer...

A Tampa teenager who posted what law enforcement officials called "vague and nonspecific anonymous threats" against the University of South Florida on a…

Medical marijuana is expected to be available in Florida by the end of next week after the state's Department of Health granted its first authorization...

The FBI wants to discover who sent an envelope containing an unknown white powder to the company on whose property a massive sinkhole opened, causing...

Fresh-cut vegetables are being recalled from grocery, discount and convenience stores across the Southeast because the food may be contaminated with...

State officials are warning Floridians about scams during tax season.

As many as 2,000 people who rely on children's health-insurance programs may have had their personal data stolen.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday night announced it is looking for a Cuban athlete participating in the 2017 World Rowing Championships at…

LAKELAND - Police say a Department of Children and Families investigator has been charged with sexual battery. According to the Lakeland Police...

Five Florida hospitals, and three around Tampa Bay, have received the industry's highest award for managing the shift to a paperless environment. The…

The state Department of Health has confirmed the first Florida case of a severe respiratory illness affecting children around the country. Officials...

Health News Florida is working on a story about coronavirus testing in Florida.

The Florida Department of Health announced 19 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number in the state to 155.Fourteen of the new…

A member of the University of South Florida’s Counseling Center in Tampa has tested positive for coronavirus.In a letter to USF staff and students,…

School districts across Florida are announcing plans for the coming school year. Some across Tampa Bay are also soliciting feedback from parents on the…

The death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police on May 25 has caused widespread unrest across the country, including Tampa…

Authorities say five employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s hurricane hunter base in Lakeland have tested positive for…

State health care regulators on Wednesday issued an emergency order freezing admissions at a Brandon assisted living facility accused of not taking proper…

and the other bovine, which are associated with contaminated beef. Scientists seriously doubt that the ten people who died from a severe brain disorder contracted the disease by eating contaminated beef. So, Britain's government decided yesterday against slaughtering millions of cattle.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that ten years ago this week, the Chernobly nuclear reactor exploded in the densely forested planes of Ukraine. It spewed a cloud of radioactive gas into the atmosphere that -- according to the United Nations -- contaminated more than 100-thousand square miles of land and affected nine million people in some way ... Among them were hundreds of thousands of Jews living in Ukraine and Belarus. About one thousend of them...all children...came to Israel for medical treatment under a program sponsored by a religious organization called khah-BAHD. Gradstein tells us how those kids are doing.

Documents released by the White House today show Democratic donors proceeded as though their contributions could buy them special foreign policy influence with the Clinton administration, including bringing Chinese officials into contact with the president. The documents include memos in which the staff of the National Security Council cautioned the administration to be careful in their dealings with contributors who had foreign policy interests. In one case, national security advisor Anthony Lake advised the president not to meet Chinese officials sponsored by contributor Charlie Trie (TREE) and the meeting never took place. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the new African American History Museum in Detroit. The 38-million-dollar museum opens tomorrow (Saturday 4/12) and will document 500 years of black history and culture. In addition to a library, research facilities and a restaurant, the museum will feature a 70-foot replica of the hold of a slave ship, containing life-size plaster figures. As much an economic development project as a cultural endeavor, the museum is part of Detroit's on-going revitalization effort.

Noah talks with Lee Mueller, Lexington Herald Eastern Kentucky Bureau Reporter, about life in the region after one of the worst environmental disasters to hit the Southeastern U.S. A holding pond, containing sludge created in the process of coal washing, broke, sending the toxic mess into streams and rivers. Mueller says clean-up is really just beginning and it won't be easy. The A.T. Massey company is responsible for the spill, and has hired workers to do the clean up.