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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 9, 2016

A mosquito trap designed by University of Florida researchers could limit the spread of the Zika virus, but first it needs approval from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Phil Koehler, a professor in the university’s entomology and nematology department, said researchers have requested an emergency registration permit for the product. If granted, the university would […]

Associated PressMay 31, 2016

The “enormous demand” created by the international Zika epidemic for traps used to monitor mosquitoes that carry the virus caught their German manufacturer off-guard, two company officials said Friday. According to Biogents’ only U.S. distributor, a backlog affects 1,950 traps ordered by governments and private businesses in Florida, Ohio, Kentucky and a few other states. […]

Associated PressMay 17, 2016

African-Americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years as the nation rises out of the Great Recession, and much better than they did when its first “State of Black America” report came out 40 years ago, the National Urban League said Tuesday. The new report, “Locked Out: Education, Jobs & Justice,” […]

Associated PressFebruary 28, 2016

As a pediatrician, Dr. Judith Schaechter can ask parents of her patients all sorts of questions regarding their safety and well-being: what the child eats, whether there’s a backyard pool and whether the child gets enough sleep. Yet the question of whether there is a gun in the home is generally off limits. A Florida […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 15, 2016

A new survey of health care costs shows that for-profit hospitals in Florida can save patients up to $650 per day compared to either nonprofits or facilities managed by state and local governments. At one time, a trip to the hospital was a rare occasion. People living in rural, out-of-the-way communities were often treated at […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 6, 2016

In America guns now kill as many people as cars. The facts behind this trend offer an opportunity for cooperation between gun rights factions and gun safety factions. The headline – guns kill as many as cars – at first looks like a slam dunk condemnation of rising gun violence. That’s not the case. The […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 5, 2016

In America guns now kill as many people as cars. The facts behind this trend offer an opportunity for cooperation between gun rights factions and gun safety factions. The headline – guns kill as many as cars – at first looks like a slam dunk condemnation of rising gun violence. That’s not the case. The […]

Associated PressAugust 24, 2015

The wife of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says the highly personal fight she waged against drug addiction as Florida’s first lady would remain one of her top priorities in the White House. Columba Bush, whose daughter has struggled with addiction, penned an op-ed published over the weekend in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, calling attention […]

Guest AuthorJune 8, 2015

This is a story about pediatric cancer clusters in Florida. It begins in Durham, N.C., at Duke University, where Dr. David Banks is a professor in the Department of Statistical Science. In 2013 Dr. Banks was the new editor of Statistics and Public Policy, a journal of the American Statistical Association. In early February, Banks […]

Guest AuthorJune 1, 2015

No visit to the doctor’s office starts without a systematic review of indicators that signal the health of the patient. Once you make it past the waiting room door, the examination begins with height, weight, blood pressure, temperature, pulse and oxygen level – just for starters. Similarly, six measures can be used to inform the […]

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Kathleen King and Joe Gruters. Image via Max Goodman.

UF seeks approval for device that could help stop spread of Zika

Mosquito trap maker can’t meet demand amid Zika outbreak

Report: Black America doing much better than 40 years ago

Battle rages over Florida law limiting doctors’ gun speech

New survey shows Florida for-profit hospitals provide quality health care for less

Jac VerSteeg: Keep gun owners from killing themselves

Jac VerSteeg: Keep gun owners from killing themselves

Columba Bush puts drug addiction fight among top priorities

Alan Farago: Florida Department of Health failing to respond to credible reports of cancer clusters

Dale Brill: “But I feel fine, really.” Assessing the health of Florida’s health