The federal budget bill requires people on Medicaid to get recertified for eligibility twice a year. The expectation is that ...

State officials said higher-than-usual levels of the sickness-causing bacteria had dropped at North Lido Beach.

Multiple reports of toxic algae in Lake Okeechobee sections in Martin County prompted a July 11 Florida Department of Health ...

When the Orlando Sentinel started investigating the payments, the DeSantis administration sent a threatening, unsigned ...

Florida is stepping up its efforts to help abate veteran suicide by agreeing to spend $300,000 this year to expand statewide ...

A water quality advisory was issued Thursday at a Sarasota County beach because of high bacteria levels, FL health officials ...

An appeals court Wednesday backed the Florida Department of Health in a dispute that started after health officials moved to block dogs from being in bars in Tampa and Orlando. A three-judge panel ...

A male nurse at a hospital in Tamarac has been suspended by the Florida Department of Health after he was accused of groping a patient last year, records show.

Joy Jackson has been the director of the Florida Department of Health in Polk County for nine and a half years. Aaron Kissler from Lake County is named interim administrator.

Florida Department of Health officials say that includes anyone who is immunocompromised, the LGBTQ community and anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated for meningitis in the last five years.

The Florida Department of Health in Indian River County is urging residents to avoid contact with wild and stray animals to prevent rabies exposure.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo advised local governments across the state on Friday to stop adding fluoride to their community water supplies. He called it "public health malpractice ...