/tags/florida-department-of-health Florida Department of Health en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 26 May 2026 15:50:23 GMT /health/2026-05-26/adap-hiv-aids-medication-florida The new deal, struck Monday, restores eligibility for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to 400% of the federal poverty level ($62,600 per year), reverses the drug restrictions, and provides $75 million to run the program. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:50:23 GMT /health/2026-05-26/adap-hiv-aids-medication-florida Carlton Gillespie /health/2026-02-25/hiv-aids-medication-assistance-funding The state issued the emergency rule Tuesday night on the eve of an emergency hearing. The cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), which will reduce the income eligibility for aid and remove a key medication from coverage, are slated to take effect March 1. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:36:24 GMT /health/2026-02-25/hiv-aids-medication-assistance-funding Carlton Gillespie /health/2026-02-11/desantis-administration-publishes-proposed-aids-rules-halts-state-administrative-court-challenge Once adopted, the proposed rules would implement previously announced changes the DOH said would take effect March 1 to ADAP to avert a projected $120 million shortfall. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:13:34 GMT /health/2026-02-11/desantis-administration-publishes-proposed-aids-rules-halts-state-administrative-court-challenge Christine Sexton | Florida Phoenix /health/2026-02-09/measles-is-spreading-across-florida-the-states-updates-lag-more-than-a-week Measles is highly contagious, and immunization rates in some counties are below the 95% recommended for herd immunity. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:55:03 GMT /health/2026-02-09/measles-is-spreading-across-florida-the-states-updates-lag-more-than-a-week Kerry Sheridan /health/2026-02-03/hiv-aids-adap-drug-assistance-florida The state's proposed changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program would leave more than 16,000 Floridians without access to their medication. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:59:35 GMT /health/2026-02-03/hiv-aids-adap-drug-assistance-florida Carlton Gillespie /health/2025-12-12/florida-plows-ahead-with-push-to-roll-back-certain-vaccine-mandates-for-schoolchildren Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state's schoolchildren. That is after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called for the state to become the first in the nation to eliminate all school vaccination requirements. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:18:15 GMT /health/2025-12-12/florida-plows-ahead-with-push-to-roll-back-certain-vaccine-mandates-for-schoolchildren Kate Payne | Associated Press/Report for America /health/2025-11-17/floridas-covid-deaths-topped-100-000-but-its-no-longer-among-the-top-15-causes-of-death Dr. Mobeen Rathore, chief of pediatric infectious diseases and immunology at the UF-Jacksonville College of Medicine, explains what have we learned about the disease what its future looks like? Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:30:00 GMT /health/2025-11-17/floridas-covid-deaths-topped-100-000-but-its-no-longer-among-the-top-15-causes-of-death Gabriel Velasquez Neira /health/2025-08-05/doh-21-infections-tied-to-consumption-of-raw-milk-in-northeast-and-central-florida Florida Department of Health officials said Monday there have been 21 cases of Campylobacter and E. coli infections tied to raw milk consumption in the central and northeast portion of the state, and seven people have been hospitalized. Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:06:09 GMT /health/2025-08-05/doh-21-infections-tied-to-consumption-of-raw-milk-in-northeast-and-central-florida Christine Sexton | Florida Phoenix /health/2024-10-23/rise-in-flesh-eating-bacteria-cases-follows-floridas-hurricane-trio An increase in the number of Vibrio vulnificus cases this year was to be expected as the infection can be contracted through exposure of open wounds to saltwater, which is common after hurricanes. Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:30:16 GMT /health/2024-10-23/rise-in-flesh-eating-bacteria-cases-follows-floridas-hurricane-trio Mahika Kukday /government-politics/2024-10-11/florida-is-trying-to-block-a-tv-ad-about-a-woman-with-cancer-who-got-an-abortion The ad concerns medical exceptions to Florida’s six-week abortion ban, a law that voters could overturn through Amendment 4 this November. Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:00:07 GMT /government-politics/2024-10-11/florida-is-trying-to-block-a-tv-ad-about-a-woman-with-cancer-who-got-an-abortion Shefali Luthra | The 19th