Health

Lobster Unlimited of Orono is investigating whether lobster blood can be used as a potential weapon against viruses and cancer.

They are known as the sandwich generation: People who are taking care of children or grandchildren along with aging parents. It can be a difficult journey, but not impossible to manage.

State lawmakers passed the controversial abortion bill requiring parents to give consent for daughters to have an abortion. The bill is now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk.

While the coronavirus that started in China has spawned massive media attention --- and reams of misinformation --- Tampa General Hospital physician and University of South Florida faculty member John Sinnott said the state has more pressing health risks right now.

Florida's Legislature is moving toward ensuring new protections for disabled people who may need organ transplants, part of a national trend among states.

The University of Florida has advised faculty members that they cannot exclude students over coronavirus fears, according to a Friday report from The Gainesville Sun. There have been no cases of the deadly virus at the university, however, at least one professor had reportedly tried to shut out students with flu-like symptoms like coughing.

Calling it, “a new day,” Crystal River couple Gay and Phil Courter arrived back in the United States early Monday morning, two weeks after their quarantine began aboard their cruise ship in Japan, and still showing no signs of the virus themselves. 

After 12 days of quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan due to coronavirus, a Citrus County couple is among 300 other Americans flying back to the U.S. aboard two State Department-organized flights.

Nearly 400 Americans who have been quarantined for 11 days due to coronavirus, on a cruise ship docked in Japan, will be evacuated by the State Department, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A drug used to treat a type of coronavirus that only affects cats could be the key to treating COVID-19, the human coronavirus spreading across the world.