Health News Florida

Canadian researchers have figured out a way to engineer bacteria into chewing up tumors. The little microbes eat and eat until they grow big enough to take over the unwanted mass.

Two FDA staffers who spoke under condition of anonymity to the AP some agency officials only learned of the change the night before it was published.

Mosquito control groups are hard at work during the drought, making sure today's low mosquito count doesn't become a population boom.

Parents with newborns in intensive care have long faced a difficult but overlooked plight: Many choose to return to work immediately rather than use up leave they will need when their baby comes home.

The cases come a week after none were reported in Florida for a week and only one over the previous two weeks. One of the Orange County patients is under 5.

The woman, who is from Ecuador, was on the cruise ship that had a hantavirus. She says she wanted to be monitored in South Florida, whe she has a home, but was kept against her will.

The Perry Weather Heat Lab is a climate safety platform dedicated to preventing exertional heat stress and the risks of severe weather for athletes and workers.

New research aims to one day help tailor advice by using genetics and other factors to determine whether a woman's risk of breast cancer is low, high or somewhere in between.

Teen mothers and fathers in Lee County are graduating high school with help from a Fort Myers program.

More than 12,000 Polk County seniors are estimated to need help with daily activities, but families and providers say cost and logistics often put care out of reach.

The Department of Health database remained at 150 cases for the year through the seven-day period ending May 9. That’s reflective of a continuing slowdown in infections after outbreaks earlier this year.

Health experts warn silica dust from cutting engineered quartz may be causing widespread, underdiagnosed lung disease among thousands of countertop fabricators across the United States.