Health News Florida

Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a filing to reclassify xylazine under state law to ensure the veterinary and agriculture industries can continue to access the drug for animal care.

The Trump administration’s cuts of public funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a KFF Health News analysis shows.

OB-GYN Dr. Donna G. Ivery, infectious disease expert Chad Neilsen and neurologist Dr. Amy Hessler make up the panel discussing the month's major happenings.

A new Florida partnership aims to create safer interactions between law enforcement and people with autism through the distribution of identification cards.

The research emphasizes that there is no safe amount of processed meat to eat. And the fizzy companion of most processed meat meals is no stranger to health complications.

Jim O’Neill, a deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director, is slated to replace Susan Monarez, who is fighting her removal just a month after starting the job.

A kindergartner's insurer granted approval for her to see a specialist nearby, yet her parents were confused when they still owed more than $13,000. Then her uncle, a former state senator, reached out to a colleague.

Officials said positive tests were taken from chickens in Oldsmar and east Tarpon Springs. In response, mosquito control is initiating enhanced treatments such as additional truck fogging and aerial larviciding.

The drama surrounds two young sisters who cover up the meth-addled death of their mother and collateral damage of addiction. It opens Friday at Green Light Cinema in St. Petersburg and Tampa Theatre.

Schools, with their crowded classrooms and communal spaces, provide the perfect environment for illness to spread, especially as children return after summer breaks with lower immunity levels.

Cuts to Medicaid and the ACA are coming next year. A grassroots movement is attempting to lessen the blow by petitioning for an expansion of Medicaid on the 2026 voter ballot.

Marco Antonio Hernandez Guevara, who had been working in the U.S. under the H-2A program, is believed to be the first known agriculture worker in the region to die from heat-related causes.