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The House rejected legislation Tuesday easing how experimental drugs are provided to people with terminal illnesses, as Democrats calling the bill risky...

According to a new study, oxygen levels in the world's oceans, as well as our coastal waters, are being affected by climate change.

Ron Hytoff, 66, president and chief executive officer of Tampa General Hospital, today announced his retirement.David A. Straz, Jr., chairman of the…

Described by Gov. Rick Scott as someone who can “get deals done,” South Florida Water Management District Executive Director Pete Antonacci has been...

A new administrator at the Bay Pines Healthcare System is being credited by veterans for resolving a paperwork snafu that had some low income VA clients…

The Florida Department of Health on Monday ordered a medical-marijuana operator to stop selling a “whole flower” product sold for use in vaporizers but...

Two more medical-marijuana businesses have joined seven already licensed by the state, and another three are in the works, as the potentially lucrative...

When temperatures soar, there's nothing like a frozen treat to take off the edge. But if we dive in too fast, our brains are thrown for a distressing and sometimes painful loop. Here's why.

Gov. Rick Scott has capitulated in his crusade to require all state workers to submit to suspicionless drug tests, giving up on about half of the state's…

The family of Charles "Charlie" Kondek has made its first public statement since the Tarpon Springs police officer was shot and killed while responding to…

A proposal was rolled out Wednesday to change how Cabinet members hire and oversee various agency heads, as Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater…

Mindfulness meditation is designed to settle and ground you in the present moment. That's something that Carole Kinder had a difficult time with after...

Affirming its disdain for "Obamacare," the Trump administration on Thursday announced sharp cuts in programs promoting health care enrollment under the...

Data confirms what many South Floridians might have guessed: the alarming impact of Hurricane Harvey in August likely motivated people to prepare early...

Gov. Rick Scott, a Navy veteran and son of a veteran, convinced Congress to hold a field hearing to delve further into care being provided at Florida’s VA…

More than a half-dozen other states could implement independent redistricting commissions in the wake of the court's decision Monday to uphold Arizona's commission.

Posted at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12 One of the industries hit hardest by the coronavirus is travel. And the Florida Keys — while having no confirmed...

E-Verify is a federal system created by the Department of Homeland Security that checks a new hire’s eligibility to work in the U.S.

William Barr, nominated by President Trump to become attorney general, will face the Senate Jan. 15 and 16. If confirmed, Barr will replace acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday rescinded 46 of the last-minute appointments former Gov. Rick Scott, now a member of the U.S. Senate, made in his final days…

Down ballot campaigning is in full swing across the country but that looks very different during the pandemic. That's the case in Ohio, where political parties are trying to get out the vote.

George Orwell's dystopian vision offers such devastating political commentary that it's rarely described as a suspense novel. But author and former CIA operative Barry Eisler says the book simply proves just how powerful a thriller with a message can be.

It's hard to imagine that people used to die from things as small as a scratch on the knee — but that's what life was like before penicillin. Author Lauren Belfer's new novel, A Fierce Radiance, follows the intrigue as pharmaceutical companies race to mass-produce lifesaving drugs during World War II.

What do Wikipedia and Craigslist have in common with the Tea Party movement? They succeed by being decentralized, says Rod Beckstrom, co-author of the management book The Starfish and the Spider.

The world economy has created a new class of global engineers. AnnaLee Saxenian, the dean of the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, has written a new book about this group. Deborah Amos talks to her about The New Argonauts.