Health

LifeSouth organizers are hoping to see a boost in blood donations on Friday, October 11 and Monday, October 14.In an effort to fill blood banks on Friday…

A state House member wants to increase the legal age for vaping and smoking tobacco from 18 to 21 in Florida.“As a mother of five myself, with children in…

VAPI. It isn’t the latest internet slang.It’s an acronym for what health officials are calling “vaping associated pulmonary injury.”It has potentially…

Now that Hurricane Dorian has moved away from the First Coast, LifeSouth is calling on donors to help replenish the local supply of blood.The Northeast…

While flu season typically doesn’t peak until late fall, Jacksonville based insurance company Florida Blue — together with Walgreens — is offering free…

For those with disabilities, travel can seem out of reach.A Ponte Vedra Beach startup is trying to remove at least one barrier with a new venture called…

Gov Ron DeSantis has appointed three physicians to the Florida Board of Medicine, including one from Jacksonville.Scott Ackerman and David Diamond,…

State health officials have agreed to allow a second Florida medical marijuana operator to exceed a statutory limit on storefronts.The cap on…

The Florida Board of Medicine has agreed to eliminate its rules governing telehealth after the Legislature approved a bill that authorized out-of-state…

After more than 2,000 cases of reported hepatitis A cases in Florida this year, state Surgeon General Scott Rivkees has declared a public health…