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Sarasota Memorial Hospital/Fire departments in Sarasota and Manatee counties have teamed up to create the Firefighter Cancer Collaborative. The group is partnering with Sarasota Memorial Hospital to research the increase of cancer diagnoses in firefighters. -
Seth Wenig/APDespite increases in assets among middle-class Americans in recent years, 80 percent of older adults would be unable to afford two years of long-term care, according to data from the National Council on Aging.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders’ broad statement on U.S. drug prices doesn’t paint the full picture. Studies we examined generally found that U.S. prices were 2 to 4 times those in other countries, not 10. -
The Joint Rules and Legislative Committee of the medical boards will meet Thursday in Tampa.
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The agency estimates dozens of U.S. counties are at risk for outbreaks. Duval County is ranked first. Hillsborough and Pinellas are near the top. Health officials say they are working to prevent the scale of infections that surprised the nation last summer.
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USF is teaming up with the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay to offer seven installments of a mental wellness course examining how behavioral health affects the workplace.
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A federal appeals court Thursday cleared the way for eight South Florida hospitals to pursue a lawsuit against a health insurer over payments for emergency-room care.
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The legislation has been praised by health workers. The Florida Hospital Association says the law will lead to safer working conditions and better patient care.
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Much of the attention surrounding transgender health care in Florida lately has focused on minors. But a new law that criminalizes providing gender-affirming care to most children is also disrupting access for trans adults.
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The surgery is the first of its kind on Florida’s west coast.
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State data show that 10% of those who lost coverage were terminated because they were ineligible or hadn’t used Medicaid over the past 12 months. However, 82% of people lost coverage for procedural reasons.
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To be Black in America is to struggle with health problems from birth to death. The reasons are myriad. The Associated Press spent a year exploring this legacy of racism in a series of stories.
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Attorneys for the plaintiffs say they're being denied access to medically necessary treatments. They expect the judge will rule on this case and another suit challenging the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors at the same time.
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LGBTQ advocates in Central Florida have started a fund that will help transgender people get gender affirming care in other states.
