City of Tampa shines green to recognize May as Mental Health Awareness Month

The city of Tampa had its main bridges and buildings lit up in green Sunday night to recognize May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The effort by the non-profit Tampa Bay Thrives is meant to raise awareness about care options, especially for teens facing a mental health crisis.

Court rules against Florida businesses on COVID-19 insurance coverage

A federal appeals court Thursday rejected arguments by Florida restaurants and a furniture retailer that insurance policies should have covered losses stemming from shutdowns early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills amid Roe v. Wade leak

More than half of abortions in America are now done with pills, rather than surgery. The battle over access to medication abortions will only grow if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19, World Health Organization says

Scientists estimate there were between 13.3 million and 16.6 million deaths that were either caused directly by the coronavirus or were somehow attributed to the pandemic’s impact on health systems.

Mental health mobile response team has positive impact during first year in Hillsborough County schools

District leaders increased mental health services for Hillsborough County school students this year. Noticing the impact of COVID-19, the district added an additional 100 therapists and invested $1.4 million to create a mental health mobile response unit.

Moffitt's space experiment on stress-induced DNA damage back on earth

An experiment from Moffitt Cancer Center is back on earth after traveling hundreds of miles up, and then, hundreds of thousands more miles orbiting the planet.

How the weather may trigger migraines

Migraines are caused by inflammatory proteins, which the brain produces in response to specific triggers

Planet Fitness to offer high schoolers free gym membership

Participants will also be automatically entered for a chance to win a $500 scholarship, with one awarded per state.

Moffitt's 'Mole Patrol' offers free skin cancer screenings

Moffitt Cancer Center hosted a "Mole Patrol" Sunday morning at Gadsden Park, where people could get screened for skin cancer for free.

Teens tune parents out due to changing brain activity, study finds

Researchers said developing brain activity in teenagers causes them to respond better to unfamiliar voices than their mothers’.