The Florida Department of Health estimates about 70 percent of residents on community water systems receive fluoridated water. Collier County voted to stop fluoridating water in February, while ...

Florida has reported its first measles case for 2025 in the Miami-Dade Public Schools. Health experts are stressing the importance of vaccination as the infectious disease spreads.

Epidemiologists and a federal health agency have criticized new COVID-19 guidance from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo as “dangerous” and a repeat of “misleading and false statements ...

The Florida Department of Health issued guidance in September warning Floridians not to get mRNA COVID-19 shots after Joseph Ladapo, the state's surgeon general, recommended people avoid them in 2023.

However, estimates vary, and the Department of Homeland Security said in an April 2024 report that there were about 590,000 in the state as of April 2022 — making Florida the state with the ...

The Florida Department of Health in Brevard County announced Friday that it is notifying individuals who received medical care at Lily J. Voepel, MD, Interventional Pain Management that they ...

Florida Department of Health runs the vital statistics system Layron Livingston , Reporter Published: July 4, 2024 at 7:58 AM Updated: July 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM ...

Some of the State of Florida’s most sensitive records may now be in the hands of cyber criminals. The group says it’s going to release 100 gigabytes of data from the Florida Dept. of Health (F ...

The Florida Department of Health has suspended the license of Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, who removed a patient's liver instead of his spleen, contributing to his death. An emergency suspension order ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have given the state the power to close beaches if tests show water does not reach the state's health standards.. DeSantis made the call ...

The Department of Health holds records on COVID-19 vaccinations, prescriptions for controlled substances and medical marijuana patient data.

A cyber attack on the Florida Department of Health has reportedly disrupted the state’s ability to issue death and birth certificates, and it might also put sensitive patient data at risk. In a ...