Health

There have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in Florida, but health care providers and the Center for Disease Control are preparing for the possiblity.…

Six Florida groups have been awarded a total of $4.7 million in federal Healthy Start grants aimed at improved maternal health and lower infant...

Public health officials lately have their hands full with exotic diseases like Ebola and Chikungunya.But the immunization director at the Centers for...

A doctor accused of sending sexually explicit videos and texts to a patient should be barred from treating females and should be suspended until he...

Born in La Paz, Bolivia, and educated in Kentucky, Ciro Camacho built a computer business with his wife, Rita. He was an early practitioner at building…

For the past two years, Florida’s top state lawmakers have opposed expanding the Medicaid program for low-income people under the federal health law....

It’s only three weeks until school starts up again in Duval County but some kids won’t make it past the front door.Health officials are reminding parents…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to add new regulations to additional tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, pipe tobacco and...

Marissa Alexander, the Bostwick Building and Florida Blue are in the headlines today.Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of…

Jacksonville could soon have more bells ringing on city streets as bike sharing gains popularity.Bike sharing provides bicycles to the public for…