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Doctors and public health leaders, including at the CDC recommend that most people 6 months and older get the 2025-26 flu vaccine — and it’s still covered by most insurance plans.

Should you get vaccinated? Will your insurer pay for it? And will you still be able to find a vaccine? KFF Health News tries to sort out where things stand.

The state health department says the illnesses — caused by Campylobacter and STEC bacteria — are linked to milk from a farm with poor sanitation practices.

The biggest questions are whether people can still choose to receive the vaccine even if it's not recommended for them and whether insurance will cover the cost.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo praised the federal move as vindication of the state’s early and controversial decisions to push back against mRNA vaccine use.

Experts say several things could be driving the decline. They include increased availability of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, expanded addiction treatment and shifts in how people use drugs.

People got sick in February and March of this year, the CDC said. They all had the same strain of salmonella — a version that has been traced to hatcheries in the past.

Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump's pick for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was withdrawn from consideration shortly before a scheduled Senate confirmation hearing.

The county's safety and health committee took no action on fluoridation after the surgeon general's presentation to convince members to end the practice.

Holland America has reported its fourth norovirus outbreak of 2025 on a cruise out of Port Everglades, with nearly 150 passengers and 10 crew members falling ill.

The CDC estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter including 86 children. The agency says at least nine of those children experienced brain complications

Data from the CDC shows 31 utilities in Florida had annual average fluoride levels that were approximately half the CDC’s recommended level or less for at least a year.