Julio Ochoa
Julio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida.
He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the newspaper’s deputy metro editor.
Julio was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and worked at a paper in Greeley, Colo., before returning to Florida as a reporter and as breaking news editor for the Naples Daily News.
Contact Julio at 813-974-8633, on Twitter at @julioochoa or email julioochoa@wusf.org.
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Florida is one of nine states that have taken on unexpected health care bills by passing comprehensive regulations. -
Florida is not doing enough to prevent cancer or care for those who get it, according to a new report from the advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society. -
CBD is showing up more and more in Florida, from gas stations to grocery stories. It was being sold long before it became legal in the state on July 1.... -
A federal judge has ordered a South Florida clinic to stop injecting patients with their own stem cells. -
A 10- to 11-foot alligator broke into a woman’s home in Clearwater early Friday and thrashed about, breaking wine bottles and knocking over furniture...
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The number of children covered by Medicaid declined in Florida and other states for the first time in more than a decade. -
The state Agency for Health Care Administration wrapped up a series of statewide public meetings last week to address proposed changes to the Medicaid... -
Funding within this year’s budget could help thousands of children get health insurance. -
Florida is seeing a surge in hepatitis A infections and a majority of the cases are turning up in the Tampa Bay area. -
More than 100,000 low-income parents could lose health care coverage under a Medicaid work-requirement bill being considered in the Florida Legislature,...
