Health News Florida

A growing network of home-sharing programs is helping people find compatible housemates. And demand is rising, driven by housing shortages, rising rents and sales prices that affect the old and young.

The state health department added 60 confirmed cases for a total of 154 since May 1, when officials began identifying an outbreak of the gastrointestinal illness around the country.

Google put in a proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency to release 32 million mosquitoes in Florida over two years. But it may not be as bad as it sounds.

The change lowers the minimum natural sugar content required in processed orange juice, saying it will allow growers to sell more Florida fruit while reducing reliance on imported juice.

Most of the recalled lettuce was distributed to the food service customers, but two lots were under Walmart's Marketside brand. Do not eat recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico.

Lipfendra is the first noninjectable medication that works by blocking a liver protein that limits the body's ability to clear cholesterol from the blood.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he hopes other hospitals will replicate Tampa General's move to ditch high-carb, highly processed foods.

Herban Flow owner Michael Smith says that about 80% of sales from his two stores come from hemp-derived THC products, which is why he's anxious about an impending federal ban on virtually all intoxicating and non-intoxicating hemp and CBD products, effective Nov. 12.

Ten counties split up $2 million through the Coordinated Opioid Recovery Network, which connects people dealing with addiction to treatment, psychiatric care, housing services and more.

Heat doesn't just make you sweat—it can affect your brain, your sleep, your decision-making, and even become deadly long before many people realize they're in trouble. Here are five more hidden heat dangers every Floridian should know.

Florida's heat is about much more than high temperatures. In Part 1 of this two-part series, AccuWeather explains what heat is actually doing to your body—and why some of the earliest warning signs are often the easiest to miss.