Gov. Rick Scott is heading to Washington to try to convince the Obama administration to release federal hospital funds, but he insists that he will not support expanding Medicaid insurance to more than 800,000 Floridians.
While the majority of commissioners expressed support in January for a 2016 referendum regarding a smaller courthouse design in downtown Milton, the board remains undecided on what course to take following Tuesday’s judicial workshop.
Millions of older people are getting tests they don’t need to prove they are healthy enough to have cataracts removed, a new study finds. The excess testing before this quick, ultra-safe eye procedure is costing them and Medicare a bundle, and many patients don’t know they can question it, doctors say.
Each year throughout the state, the Florida Forest Service, University of Florida IFAS Extension Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission work together with private landowners to showcase forest stewardship and management activities on private forest lands as part of the Forest Stewardship program.
Think Jaws meets a kangaroo, with maybe a touch of cute kitten, and you’ve got the aptly named pocket shark — the newest and rarest species found off the U.S. coast.
More than 300 people gathered to celebrate and remember the service members who were a part of Operation Eagle Claw 35 years ago during a ceremony at the air park at Hurlburt Field, April 24.
April is National Stress Awareness Month and the Florida Department of Health encourages Floridians to learn more about the physical and mental health benefits of stress reduction and taking steps to better manage stress.
