public health

Florida House Minority Co-Leader Evan Jenne says the state is at a disadvantage due to new laws passed last month during a special legislative session.

The federal announcement that nursing homes relying on Medicaid and Medicare funding must require staff to get vaccinated will have a ripple effect through Florida.

Researchers from USF Health recommend that schools resume mask mandates and parents watch for signs of illness among children as the school year approaches.

Researchers say the goal of the study is to improve health messaging so hospitals and health agencies can better connect with the community.

A survey shows that unvaccinated Hispanics are almost twice as likely as unvaccinated Blacks or whites to want a COVID shot. Many still face a variety of access problems, ranging from fear to time squeeze.

A Tampa physician was among the rare but growing number of people dealing with the disturbing experience of getting the disease despite having had one shot, or even two.

Catalyzed by the response to the pandemic and the inequities it is causing, people are flocking to graduate programs in public health to become the next front-line workers.

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century.Marshaled against a…

As cities and counties across the state are putting stay-at-home orders in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to…

A Hillsborough County public health initiative received a $50,000 grant this week as part of the national "Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge."The…

There’s a village in rural Guatemala where women are selling hand-sewn reusable menstrual pads. It’s a product medical experts say is necessary in some…

Members of the public health community are calling for action on gun violence by shifting the conversation away from gun control.