Healthcare

Immigrant detainees have told courts across the nation that officials have failed to treat or stabilize their conditions, suggesting that systemic lapses in care extend well beyond record deaths in custody.

Some screenings and treatments no longer make sense for patients as they age. Researchers have just added a few more to the list.

Jude Odu, a health technology expert and former United Healthcare employee, discusses the dangers of outsourcing medical claims decisions to artificial intelligence.

Two national organizations are joining the effort by Florida Decides Healthcare to expand Medicaid to low-income childless adults in Florida.

A national study found that Florida ranked the highest in people who are concerned about contraception access, with 58%.

Several days after the blood center reported it was involved in a ransomware attack, OneBlood’s digital system is pumping blood to Florida hospitals once again.

The blood donation organization says it’s remaining operational to collect, test and distribute blood as it works to restore full functionality to its systems "as expeditiously as possible.”

In addition to the clinics, the company is taking down its virtual health service after concluding “there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue.”

Kathleen Passidomo, who's making her "Live Healthy" initiative a priority during the session, discussed this and other issues on The Florida Roundup.

Two out of five Floridians are living on the edge of poverty, according to a report published last month by United Way Suncoast.

The project began just before the pandemic, in 2020, as an offshoot of an already established street medicine clinic run by USF faculty and students.

The new facility will continue to serve people struggling with food insecurity while offering new, additional services.