Health

While the temptation is great, don’t stare at Monday’s solar eclipse without the right eye protection. That’s according to Dr. Alexandra Konowal who joins…

A saliva swab collected from a patient’s cheek can tell doctors what kinds of drugs will work best for a patient. It's the promise of pharmacogenomics,…

When Monroe County held a nonbinding referendum last year on whether to allow the experimental release of genetically modified mosquitoes, most voters...

Steadily growing since the early 2000’s, the number of syphilis cases in Lee County saw an alarming spike in the first half of this year- already…

A Southwest Florida group is making menstrual kits for women in Guatemala. Medical experts in the Central American country say women in rural areas there…

Food has been a source of pleasure and nourishment for centuries, but in recent years it’s also become a source of discomfort. For example, today is…

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic illnesses in Florida’s state employee population. The state government and health insurers are working to...

The environmental advocacy group Miami Waterkeeper is suing Miami-Dade County for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act after finding a sewage pipe...

The state's first sexually-transmitted case of Zika virus in 2017 has been confirmed in Pinellas County.

In Texas, women with limited access to abortions are traveling across the border to find a drug that will induce miscarriages. In Mississippi,…