Abe Aboraya
Health News Florida reporter Abe Aboraya works for WMFE in Orlando. He started writing for newspapers in high school. After graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2007, he spent a year traveling and working as a freelance reporter for the Seattle Times and the Seattle Weekly, and working for local news websites in the San Francisco Bay area. Most recently Abe worked as a reporter for the Orlando Business Journal. He comes from a family of health care workers.
Contact Abe at 407-273-2300 x 183 on Twitter @AbeAboraya or by email.
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The health department is investigating another Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Florida – including a fatal case. -
The Pulse Nightclub shootings in Orlando a year ago killed 49 people. It was a horrific scene for first responders, and some are still struggling to cope with what they saw that night. -
Orlando’s first retail medical marijuana shop is opening. -
There are fewer Zika cases in Florida compared to this time last year. This year, 50 Floridians have caught Zika while traveling, and four people have... -
A new report from Florida medical examiners finds fentanyl caused more deaths than any other drug in Florida last year.
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A bill to increase mental health funding for law enforcement officers has passed the U.S. Senate. -
Funding for a clinic to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans and Pulse first responders has been cut from Florida’s budget. -
Firefighters are three times more likely to die from suicide than to die in the line of duty, according to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
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With just 25 days left in the legislative session this year, a bill to give workers’ compensation coverage to first responders with post-traumatic... -
Patients are coming out in opposition to plans in the Florida House to implement a medical marijuana amendment.
