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Congenital syphilis rates keep climbing, according to newly released federal data. But the primary funding source for most public health departments has been largely stagnant, its purchasing power dragged even lower by inflation.

Retired Marine Col. Andrew Milburn of Lithia says he wants to help Ukrainian soldiers defend themselves against Russian forces.

Between October and the end of February, tens of thousands of Cubans arrived at the Mexico-U.S. border, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics.

The investigator of Nazi war crimes was presented with the Governor’s Medal of Freedom after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will help continue the award program.

The vote on the historic nomination was 53 to 47, with three Republicans voting with Democrats. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

USF epidemiologist Jason Salemi says it's a good time for an exhausted health care system to take a breath but he warned that the public health community needs to keep an eye on the BA.2 subvariant.

Despite increased awareness, research advances and wider insurance coverage for therapies, children often wait months to get an autism diagnosis and begin intervention services.

Sewage surveillance is proving so useful in mapping COVID trends that many public health officials say it should become standard practice in tracking infectious diseases. Whether that happens will depend on the nation’s ability to make it viable in communities rich and poor.

Gun violence is plaguing Caribbean sites like Haiti and the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks largely to "brazen, out of control" gun trafficking from U.S. states like Florida

Throughout history, parents have searched for the secret to getting fretful children to sleep through the night. The latest strategy involves giving children melatonin-infused gummies and tablets, a trend that concerns some doctors.

Sens. Robert Casey Jr. and Ron Wyden want a probe into what barriers are keeping Medicaid plans from reaching enrollees.

Medicare has proposed limiting coverage of Aduhelm and several prominent groups representing patients and families are pressing to make it more widely available. But among individuals facing the disease, the outlook is more nuanced.