Health Care

Hospitals were evaluated based on 22 benchmark procedures and conditions.

A new study has found which states offer the best health care in the United States, combining low costs with strong health outcomes.

There are two new employees at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.

A new Florida law dubbed the "Second Chance Act" is aimed at helping keep all high school student athletes safe before they start competing. 

A Brandon NICU nurse and a Kansas City couple with their adoptive son created a bond so strong, the boy was the ring bearer at the nurse's wedding.

Health insurance costs vary wildly by state. See where your state ranks in this new study.

One analysis reveals that over 300 hospitals may be in danger of closing under the Republican legislation which will slash roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over ten years.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state’s 1849 abortion ban in a decision released Wednesday.

The FDA, under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has taken another step to question the safety of Covid-19 vaccines.

Public money can't be used on abortion services, but Medicaid patients use Planned Parenthood for things like contraception and cancer screenings.

A 9-year-old girl recently bitten by a shark on Florida's Gulf Coast joined her family and doctors at Tampa General Hospital on Thursday to talk about her recovery.

A rare disease brought together a Pasco County man and a 1-year-old boy from Orange County, California. Three years later, the two met for the first time in person.

When it comes to retiring, Florida is a popular spot for seniors, but a new study is challenging that long-held belief. New research on the best and worst states for "aging in place" has Florida ranked last in the country.

Not surprisingly, people in the nation’s poorest states spend the largest share of their earnings on health care costs, a new WalletHub analysis found.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday he is vetoing a bill passed by Florida lawmakers that would have lifted age restrictions for seeking uncapped non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.

The Health and Human Services Department, led by vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has canceled $766 million in payments to develop a vaccine against pandemic flu viruses.

Healthy younger adults and children will no longer be automatically approved for annual COVID-19 vaccines under a new policy from the FDA.

Doctors are being called to offer pain relief options to patients undergoing an intrauterine device (IUD) insertion procedure.

Millions of Americans with the common dementia could benefit from less invasive diagnostic, experts say.