Department of Health

New estimates through mid-2016 show Florida's surge in syphilis cases continued last year, with cases of infectious syphilis jumping statewide by 36…

Expanded access to medical cannabis in Florida goes into effect on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The result of voters passing Amendment 2 in November, the new laws…

State medical authorities revoked the medical license of an “integrative medicine” doctor Thursday for his role in the death of a college student from...

Teams from the Florida Health Department went door-to-door in South Beach, a known Zika "hot zone" in Miami-Dade County, Wednesday. They were telling...

The Centers for Disease Control released new guidelines for treating Zika, Monday.

After the Florida Department of Health lost its leader last month in a bruising confirmation battle, his interim replacement is traveling the state to...

Florida led the country in the number of new HIV cases in January. The Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau wrote that during this time Governor Rick Scott and…

Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Dr. Celeste Philip as Florida’s acting Surgeon General. Philip replaces Dr. John Armstrong, who was the Surgeon General...

Monday was the last day for nurseries to challenge how the state handed out licenses to grow medical marijuana.Eleven nurseries filed a total of 13…

The Florida Department of Health wants to change the way it oversees pediatric cardiac surgery, despite pleas from families of children with heart...