Health

With vaping-related illnesses on the rise, a Hillsborough County commissioner wants to raise the age to buy the products from 18 to 21.

Ashley Moody launched an investigation Wednesday into at least 20 vaping companies doing business in Florida. The state attorney general said she wants to determine if vaping businesses have been trying to lure in young customers with advertising and flavored products.

With two looming ballot proposals that would legalize recreational marijuana in Florida, state House leaders are going on offense on the issue.

When it comes to student attendance and mental health, there could be some changes inside Florida's classrooms.

Health officials in Hillsborough County have issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory after confirming a case of locally-acquired dengue fever.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglass Commission met Tuesday in Orlando to go over its most recent report, covering dozens of findings and recommendations that will be sent to the governor and state leaders.

Health officials in Hillsborough County have issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory after confirming a case of locally-acquired dengue fever.

An interactive music class pairs children with adults suffering from memory loss and the benefits are clear. 

A neurodegenerative disease is spreading through deer and elk populations in 25 states and provinces throughout the United States, turning infected animals into drooling, stumbling ‘zombies.’

U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth consecutive year.

A Warner University football player died after collapsing during a non-contact drill in Lake Wales Tuesday.

A Pennsylvania hospital says it is transferring some infants following a bacterial infection in its neonatal intensive care unit that affected eight newborns, three of whom have died.

A New Jersey family who was told their son would not survive past birth due to a rare neural tube defect that caused his skull to stop developing in the womb are celebrating his seven months of life and the extraordinary odds he’s beaten to get there.

Health officials in Pasco County say they're dealing with more cases of hepatitis A then a majority of counties across the state, and they're trying to get a handle on it. 

As health officials across the country grapple to find the cause behind some 805 cases of e-cigarette-linked lung illnesses, doctors in Kansas — which has seen at least two vaping-related deaths — are seemingly dealing with something new: Kids eating vaping cartridges.

Breast cancer was the diagnosis that turned Alisa Savoretti's world upside down.

Health officials issued a rabies alert for one Pasco County neighborhood after a rabid raccoon was discovered. 

Hillsborough County commissioners are considering ways by which the county can curb underage electronic cigarette use during a regularly scheduled meeting.