The “financial impact statement” would be presented to voters with a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ensure abortion rights.

Sexually transmitted disease rates in the state are on the rise, surpassing pre-COVID levels. In particular, Florida ranks 14th on the CDC's national list when it comes to congenital syphilis.

The immigrants, who were brought to the U.S. as children, are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance under a new directive from the Biden administration.

The state's law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they're pregnant — and state judges won't finalize divorces during a pregnancy. Texas and Arkansas have similar laws on the books.

DeSantis said the law will protect the state’s cattle industry against “an ideological agenda that wants to finger agriculture as the problem.” ...

The bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022, but blocked in the Senate, aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.

The bird flu that's now spreading among cows doesn't yet appear to pose an imminent threat to most people. Scientists say the virus would need to mutate significantly to be able to transmit easily ...

The student seeks refunds of fees for transportation, health care and athletics services that were not provided by the University of Florida because of the campus closure during pandemic in 2020. With ...

Officially, only one person has caught bird flu during the current outbreak among dairy cattle, but experts are hearing of others getting sick. The U.S. doesn't have an easy to way to detect cases.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic, simulating growing crops on Mars, and how deer are disrupting caribou populations.

Canada has one of the world's lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in ...

Maternal mortality got better in 2022, the latest year we have data for. It dropped back down to 2020 levels after spiking in 2021, according to a new report from CDC.