News Service of Florida

The FDA already regulates the use of potassium bromate, stipulating that little to no residue remain in the finished baked product. The substance is a suspected carcinogen.

It took a year for Hatch and AHCA Secretary Shevaun Harris to finally receive Senate approval in the wake of the Hope Florida Foundation scandal involving Medicaid settlement money.

The measure intended to create the Board of Naturopathic Medicine to assist the Department of Health with regulating naturopathic doctors.

As of late Monday, the Change.org petition had a little over 8,500 signatures. The Ye Live Concert Tour stops in Tampa this Friday and Sunday.

Lawmakers approved additional funding for cancer research and HIV treatment programs to help maintain access to critical care services statewide.

The new law requires institutions to train faculty to detect and respond to mental health issues, adopt an active assailant response plan, adopt post-incident family reunification plans and imposes felony charges for discharging a weapon within 1,000 feet of a campus.

The state Senate's initial budget plan includes $118 million for program, and the House plan sets aside $68 million.

One grant for nearly $8 billion is for the directed payment program for hospitals providing care to Medicaid patients.

The Legislative Budget Commission authorizes a transfer of the money from the Medical Care Trust Fund to the Florida Rural Health Transformation Program, per a request from AHCA.

There have been no new cases in Collier County, the epicenter of a measles outbreak that began in January at Ave Maria University, since March 28.