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Staff ReportsMarch 16, 2018

Despite a proposed tweak to a constitutional amendment, the Protect Tobacco Free Florida coalition says it still opposes the underlying measure. The proposal (P94), filed by Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) member and House Speaker pro tempore Jeanette Nuñez, originally would have redirected dollars from tobacco-prevention efforts to cancer research. Nuñez on Wednesday filed an “amendment to the […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2017

Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Friday sent a letter similar to one sent by his Democratic colleague urging more federal help for Puerto Rico, still darkened by the ravishes of Hurricane Maria more than three weeks ago. Rubio asked U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan to “provide a […]

Guest AuthorJune 6, 2017

The United States is in the midst of a public health crisis. Opioid addiction is taking mothers, fathers and children; destroying lives, breaking up families. The problem is particularly insidious in Florida, which has become a destination for rehabilitative services and sober home living. In the first part of 2016, approximately 2,600 people died from opioid overdoses in […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

The latest series of Community Conversations from the Lenny Curry administration wraps Monday evening. And Council Vice President Lori Boyer will be featured. “The series of Community Conversations addressing public safety concludes today as Mayor Lenny Curry hosts Our Health: Addressing Needs and Disparities in Communities,” asserts the release from the mayor’s office. Other panelists include Dr. […]

Associated PressJanuary 2, 2016

Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues. Restrictions on carrying guns eased in Texas, for example, but got tighter in California. It is easier to register to vote in Oregon, but there is another step to take at the polls in North Carolina. The opposing […]

Melissa RossNovember 20, 2015

The nation’s 42nd president was appearing before the well-heeled Ponte Vedra crowd to talk about health disparities, and how to fix them, via his Clinton Health Matters Initiative. But, of course, Bill Clinton couldn’t resist a few political remarks. Like this opener: ‘We are all interdependent, even if we build a 5-foot brick wall across […]

Associated PressAugust 30, 2015

Physician groups are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling upholding a Florida law restricting what doctors can ask patients about guns. Organizations representing some 11,000 medical providers want the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear arguments about the so-called “Docs vs. Glocks” law. A divided three-judge panel of the […]

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Anti-smoking group continues to oppose constitutional amendment

Marco Rubio joins Bill Nelson’s call for urgent attention for public health crisis in Puerto Rico

Timothy Stapleton: Fighting the opioid epidemic in the exam room

Jax Council VP Lori Boyer to feature in public health Community Conversation

New laws in 2016 show states are diverging on guns, voting

Bill Clinton in Jax: “I want to defeat ISIS”

Doctors ask full appeals court to reconsider gun speech law