Christine Jordan SextonApril 28, 2024
7min0
Florida DOH data show that in 2022, there were 124,577 people living with HIV In the state. There were 615 HIV-related deaths that year.
Tag: HIV/AIDS
Christine Jordan SextonApril 28, 2024Christine Jordan SextonApril 12, 2024
4min0
The Medicaid contracts are for six years and worth tens of billions of dollars to winning health plans
Guest AuthorJanuary 24, 2024
5min0
It’s a challenge our state policymakers can fix.
Christine Jordan SextonJune 27, 2022
40min0
It's time again to check the pulse — of Florida's health care policy and politics.
Kelly HayesJune 26, 2021
4min1831
Magic Johnson spoke at the event, which recognized work by officials and community members.
A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2020
3min853
Maintenance meds part of first tranche of import drugs.
Jim RosicaMay 16, 2018
9min481
It’s now up to a Tallahassee judge whether the Legislature overstepped when it outlawed the smoking of medical marijuana. Attorneys for the state and patients who want to smoke the drug squared off in a Leon County courtroom Wednesday before Circuit Judge Karen Gievers. She didn’t immediately rule after the close of evidence, but could issue a decision […]
Joe ReedyApril 14, 2017
5min459
Florida’s voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment in November that formally legalized medical marijuana for chronic pain and other ailments, but with less than a month to go in their session, Florida legislators remain far apart on how to implement it. Bills in the Senate and House don’t agree on the details of expanding access […]
Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2016
2min413
For the first time in four years, legislation that would create a needle exchange program aimed at curbing the spread of diseases such as HIV and hepatitis in Miami-Dade County is headed to the governor’s desk. The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the IDEA Act (the Miami-Dade Infectious Disease Elimination Act”), sponsored by Plantation Democrat Katie […]
Ryan RayFebruary 16, 2016
5min328
The Senate Health Policy Committee on Tuesday gave the nod to state Surgeon General John Armstrong. Members granted him confirmation to extend his tenure as head of the state’s health care apparatus, but just barely by a 5-4 vote Armstrong has been under heightened scrutiny in Tallahassee because of recent public failures in the state’s health […]