Health Care /health-care Health Care en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 08 May 2026 21:05:24 GMT Report: Latinos face 'unprecedented' health coverage losses amid federal cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare /government-politics/2026-05-08/report-latinos-face-unprecedented-health-coverage-losses-amid-federal-cuts-to-medicaid-obamacare The state with the nation's second highest number of uninsured — 858,000 Latinos — is Florida, according to the report. More than 71 million people with low incomes rely on Medicaid, which expanded under the Affordable Care Act. Fri, 08 May 2026 21:05:24 GMT /government-politics/2026-05-08/report-latinos-face-unprecedented-health-coverage-losses-amid-federal-cuts-to-medicaid-obamacare Sergio R. Bustos Will Latinos be the decisive vote on abortion access in Florida? /government-politics/2024-10-28/latino-catholics-amendment-4 Ahead of the contested November election, pro-choice advocacy groups are urging Hispanic voters to support Amendment 4, which would make access to abortion — before fetal viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health — a state constitutional right. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:10:50 GMT /government-politics/2024-10-28/latino-catholics-amendment-4 Jimena Romero States take control of abortion debate with funding focus /health-care/2023-02-06/states-take-control-of-abortion-debate-with-funding-focus The U.S. abortion debate is shifting to funding as states take control of policymaking. Liberal cities and states are funding efforts to provide access to abortion, while Republican-led states are seeking new ways to financially support anti-abortion centers. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:31:35 GMT /health-care/2023-02-06/states-take-control-of-abortion-debate-with-funding-focus Associated Press As long-term care staffing crisis worsens, immigrants can bridge the gaps /health-care/2023-02-06/as-long-term-care-staffing-crisis-worsens-immigrants-can-bridge-the-gaps The industry has long relied on immigrants to bolster its ranks, and they’ll be critical to meeting future staffing needs, experts say. But as the baby boom generation fills beds, policymakers are slow to open new pathways for foreign workers. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:00:00 GMT /health-care/2023-02-06/as-long-term-care-staffing-crisis-worsens-immigrants-can-bridge-the-gaps Proposed Health Rules Scrapped After Hospital Challenges /news/2021-06-18/proposed-health-rules-scrapped-after-hospital-challenges After facing nearly a dozen challenges from hospitals across the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has withdrawn a series of proposed rules related to regulating highly specialized health-care services. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:14:36 GMT /news/2021-06-18/proposed-health-rules-scrapped-after-hospital-challenges Christine Sexton | Florida Phoenix Skepticism Of Science In A Pandemic Isn't New. It Helped Fuel The AIDS Crisis /news/2021-05-23/skepticism-of-science-in-a-pandemic-isnt-new-it-helped-fuel-the-aids-crisis It's been 40 years since the first U.S. AIDS cases were were reported, and some who experienced the early years of the crisis say the effects of denialism then have carried into the COVID-19 pandemic. Sun, 23 May 2021 15:19:26 GMT /news/2021-05-23/skepticism-of-science-in-a-pandemic-isnt-new-it-helped-fuel-the-aids-crisis Ryan Benk, Noel King, Reena Advani COVID-19 Numbers Now Spiking Inside Tamarac Nursing Home /health-care/2020-07-30/covid-19-numbers-now-spiking-inside-tamarac-nursing-home Older COVID-positive patients who live in nursing homes or long-term care facilities are being sent to Florida nursing homes after a hospital discharge to… Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:05:17 GMT /health-care/2020-07-30/covid-19-numbers-now-spiking-inside-tamarac-nursing-home VerĂ³nica Zaragovia 'This Virus Will Be Around For Awhile' UM Doctor on Florida's COVID-19 Outbreak /show/sundial/2020-07-27/this-virus-will-be-around-for-awhile-um-doctor-on-floridas-covid-19-outbreak Florida has reported more than 430,000 cases of the coronavirus, officially surpassing New York for having the second most COVID-19 cases of any state in… Mon, 27 Jul 2020 21:26:02 GMT /show/sundial/2020-07-27/this-virus-will-be-around-for-awhile-um-doctor-on-floridas-covid-19-outbreak Chris Remington, Liv Steinhardt As Hospitals Deal With COVID-19 Spikes, Head of Jackson South ICU Says: 'Masks Work. It's Not Hard.' /health-care/2020-07-27/as-hospitals-deal-with-covid-19-spikes-head-of-jackson-south-icu-says-masks-work-its-not-hard Andrew Pastewski, a pulmonologist and head of the ICU at Jackson South Medical Center, recently brought his brother — who was living in New York — down to… Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:06:03 GMT /health-care/2020-07-27/as-hospitals-deal-with-covid-19-spikes-head-of-jackson-south-icu-says-masks-work-its-not-hard VerĂ³nica Zaragovia Residents of Long-Term Facility Got Little Notice Before Arrival Of COVID-Positive Patients /health-care/2020-07-22/residents-of-long-term-facility-got-little-notice-before-arrival-of-covid-positive-patients Florida has 19 COVID isolation centers, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration, or AHCA. These are nursing homes or long-term care… Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:07:49 GMT /health-care/2020-07-22/residents-of-long-term-facility-got-little-notice-before-arrival-of-covid-positive-patients VerĂ³nica Zaragovia