Federal court halts Florida’s transgender youth care ban for families who sued
A federal court on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction allowing three transgender youths to receive puberty blockers despite Florida Board of Medicine’s rules and a new law, SB 254, banning...
View ArticleSeaweed heading to Florida may have flesh-eating bacteria
The massive amounts of seaweed washing up on Florida’s shores lately are smelly, ugly and potentially deadly. In May, Florida Atlantic University researchers published a study finding flesh-eating...
View ArticleThese Florida researchers are giving depressed, anxious people psychedelics
A therapy session with Patricia Brown starts like any other. She leads her clients into a peaceful, quiet room, draped in beige and generic, calming artwork. Then her clients lie down, close their...
View ArticleMeasles Q&A: Do I need a booster? And other answers
Measles, declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, is rising again. The nation’s recent cases have many wondering whether they are safe from the highly infectious disease. Nationwide, at least 35...
View ArticleDoctors race against Florida’s six-week abortion ban
With just days until Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effect on Wednesday, providers are rushing to perform as many abortions as possible while planning contingencies for a future where they will...
View ArticleOzempic may help fight kidney disease, study finds
As chronic kidney disease rises nationwide, a new study partially conducted in Orlando suggests weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy could be part of the solution. The...
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