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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The number and rate of uninsured children increased in Florida and across the nation in 2017, according to a report released today by Georgetown... -
Doctors say young children who have experienced trauma from neglect, abuse or violence may cry excessively or have problems sleeping or eating. -
A new health insurer in Florida filed a motion to immediately block Florida Blue from contracting exclusively with insurance brokers. -
There's less than a month left to enroll for health insurance plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace and so far this year fewer people have been... -
A health insurance provider that started selling plans on Florida’s Affordable Care Act marketplace this year is suing the state’s largest insurer.
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Another case of hepatitis A has been found in a food service worker in the Tampa Bay area. -
Andrew Gillum was in St. Petersburg Friday for his first campaign event for governor since Hurricane Michael devastated parts of the Panhandle. -
A bird that migrates more than 9,000 miles from the Arctic to the southern tip of South America, is encountering problems when it stops over in the...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is updating its flood zone maps in the Tampa Bay area and the changes could affect thousands of home and... -
Florida school districts now have to ask if a new student has ever been referred for mental health services. It's a legislative attempt to help troubled kids. Will it work, or increase stigma instead?
