After 84 years of service, Rockledge Hospital closed its doors on Wednesday, April 23, leaving a disappointed community in its wake and a medical desert for emergency services.

Federal funding cuts will impact Medicaid, SNAP nutrition, and other health-related programs, concerning some healthcare workers who say it will have an impact on Central Florida.

The number of cruise passengers is expected to reach a record number this year, but norovirus outbreaks on cruises are seeing yearly increases, as well.

Seminole County is one of the latest Florida communities to stop fluoridating drinking water, joining a growing list of at least 22 Florida communities to do so since November.

April is Hot Car Death Prevention Month in Florida

Florida lawmakers moved a measure forward to extend personal injury laws to unborn fetuses and allow family members to sue for damages.

Florida legislators are working to make Children's Medical Services more cost-efficient by transferring its operations to another agency. Critics think it could stymie care for kids.

A Florida bill to be read by the House of Representatives this week seeks to define an unborn person as a homosapien at any stage of fetal development. It would also give families the chance to sue if the unborn child dies from negligence.

The Florida Department of Health is once again tracking above-average numbers of travel-related cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue. Now, control groups are working to make sure the disease doesn’t become endemic.

Central Florida food pantries are already feeling the crunch of federal budget cuts at USDA

Their risk of getting it increases with each decade after 40, and their overall lifetime risk is more than 90%.

Florida legislators passed a public health insurance expansion that would help poor and disabled children get better coverage over a year ago, but it still hasn’t used the funds.