Health News Florida

In the U.S., more than a dozen kinds of cancer are on the rise among people under 50. We share the latest guidance on being proactive with your family and doctor.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual Kids Count report shows that young Floridians' economic health plummeted between 2019 and 2024. As in 2025, Florida ranks 35th for overall child well-being.

The rule embraces new types of coverage, including 30% higher out-of-pocket costs for some plan and a more novel approach that allows insurers to offer coverage without set networks of doctors.

With $12 million in city incentives in hand, the company is building a distribution center in Northwest Jacksonville and upgrading its contact lens manufacturing campus in South Jacksonville.

The NanoNeedle 2.0 is a miniaturized, flexible version of the traditional arthroscope. The device is made in Naples, with training there and in Tampa. The model is accumulating an impressive list of proponents.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local" a UF Health specialist warns that Vibrio infections can spread quickly through wounds exposed to coastal waters and in some cases become life-threatening.

A Polk resident between age 35 to 39 was the only Florida measles patient recorded in the latest weekly update by the state health department.

Regulators signed off on the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in more than 25 years, giving Americans access to a skin-protecting chemical long used in Europe and other parts of the world.

The USF College of Nursing is hosting its fourth annual Nursing Pathway Summer Program this week. Fifty high school students suited up in scrubs and got hands-on experience in the profession.

Anxious kids can benefit from counseling, but therapy demands a commitment of money and time. Therapists recommend using three criteria to help determine when challenging behavior rises to the level of needing professional help.

City Manager Carlos Baia told city council members that he's reaching out to Hillsborough County and Tampa to consider hooking up to their systems.

The pilot project's technology can break down PFAS in biosolids while also converting those biosolids into energy.