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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A Tampa Company has received approval to start clinical trials on a new form of gene therapy to treat cancerous tumors. -
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital has a reputation as being one of the best children’s hospitals in Florida. -
Florida will get another $27 million dollars this year from the federal government to combat the opioid crisis. -
A program that helps thousands of Florida seniors sign up for Medicare could lose all of its funding by the end of the month if Congress doesn't act. -
Florida has had three mass shootings in 20 months. Twice before, there have been calls for more mental health funding from the state — to no avail. Will this time be any different? -
Donald Trump came into office promising to repeal Obamacare and replace it with something more affordable that would cover everyone. But members of... -
A new partnership will allow sheriffs from around the state to legally hold undocumented criminals for up to 48 hours so they can be deported. -
The state is disputing a report that found funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program in Florida will run out in February if Congress doesn't act. -
Treatment for hepatitis C has improved dramatically in the last decade — so much so that it drew one doctor out of retirement to help make sure more low-income patients are cured. -
As travelers head to airports during the busy holiday week, airport security officials have a message: Don’t try to bring your guns on the plane.
