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Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo spoke in Tampa on Thursday, praising updated federal recommendations against COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for healthy children.

A man faces new charges after Pinellas County deputies say he called a judge a derogatory name in court, then threatened to kill another judge.

A new study of 1.2 million kids found no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism or other chronic disorders. Here’s what we know.

Teens admit that they prefer discussing important topics with AI companions more than people, according to a new study.

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is now welcoming visitors to their family-friendly remodeled ‘Jungala’ area, which is now called ‘Wild Oasis’.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is shaking up the nutritional landscape by publicly supporting expanded dietary recommendations for dairy products, raising eyebrows across the medical community.

Florida leads the nation in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm, brackish water.

A study suggests that eating a lot of processed foods and added sugars may raise the risk of depression in women aged 40 to 50 before menopause.

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one person in Flagstaff dying from the disease.

The Capybara Café in St. Petersburg is an animal experience where guests can safely interact with capybaras and other rescued animals.  A food truck in front offers food. 

One person is dead, according to officials with Northern Arizona Healthcare, on the same day they showed up at Flagstaff Medical Center with symptoms of the plague.

Researchers in a new study learned that consuming this specific type of coffee may substantially increase a person’s risk of a common eye disease that can result in blindness.

Summer is always a more visible time for tick bites because humans are outside more, but experts caution that “every season is tick season." Here's how safe your state is.