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Attorney General James Uthmeier asked a judge to toss a challenge against an emergency rule filed by companies that sell the kratom byproduct of kratom and users of the substance.

The university's School of Performing Arts and College of Medicine are working together on an experiment to better understand how music affects dementia patients.

Research says our brains pick and choose which memories are important using a sliding scale to decide what to preserve,

The measure, in part, would add “unborn child” to a law that allows family members to seek damages when a person's death is caused by such things as negligence.

A DOGE subcommittee seeks all communications since July 1, 2023, between the mayor's office and telehealth-related providers and agencies.

Elections officials sent the proposed constitutional amendment to the attorney general and advised Smart & Safe Florida that the measure was headed to the Florida Supreme Court for review.

Gainesville Fire Rescue is placing free blood pressure monitors in barbershops to help customers check their health in a comfortable, familiar environment.

The city council is investigating Healthlink Jax, a program funded by Jacksonville taxpayers amid questions about who truly benefits from the emergency room diversions.

A former NIH director discusses the urgent need to put public health above party lines. Then, a cancer survivor reflects on his diagnosis and the complex procedure that saved his life.

An initial attempt to intervene was denied because a judge ruled that Nemours had not established legal standing. But Nemours filed a revised request, which was approved by the administrative law judge.

Dr. Mobeen Rathore, chief of pediatric infectious diseases and immunology at the UF-Jacksonville College of Medicine, explains what have we learned about the disease what its future looks like?

Unionized nurses at three South Florida hospitals rallied outside Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah on Friday morning for a new three-year contract, demanding more pay and better patient safety.