Julio Ochoa
Julio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida.
He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the newspaper’s deputy metro editor.
Julio was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and worked at a paper in Greeley, Colo., before returning to Florida as a reporter and as breaking news editor for the Naples Daily News.
Contact Julio at 813-974-8633, on Twitter at @julioochoa or email .
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Florida sent federal officials a detailed plan for how the state proposes to safely import prescription drugs from Canada and other countries on Friday. -
Florida is one of nine states that have taken on unexpected health care bills by passing comprehensive regulations. -
Florida is not doing enough to prevent cancer or care for those who get it, according to a new report from the advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society. -
A federal judge has ordered a South Florida clinic to stop injecting patients with their own stem cells. -
Lauren Killgore first learned about her health insurance company’s new policy at the beginning of 2017, when her husband, a 26-year-old hemophiliac, had... -
The number of children covered by Medicaid declined in Florida and other states for the first time in more than a decade. -
Funding within this year’s budget could help thousands of children get health insurance. -
More than 100,000 low-income parents could lose health care coverage under a Medicaid work-requirement bill being considered in the Florida Legislature,... -
Tampa businessman Joe Redner has lost the latest round in his attempt to grow his own medical marijuana for juicing. -
Florida's largest medical marijuana licensee has settled a lawsuit with the state over how many dispensaries it can open.
