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Living With Chronic Anxiety: Daily Practices To Improve Your Quality Of Life
Chronic Anxiety
Chronic anxiety can be overwhelming. It seeps into every aspect of life, making even the simplest tasks feel daunting.
However [...]
Swim Advisory Issued For Picnic Island Beach Due To High Bacteria Levels
Picnic Island Beach
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH-Hillsborough) has issued a swim advis [...]
Why You’ve Got More Time To Be Healthy Than You Think
Men's Health (File)
There’s a lot to do every day, isn’t there? It’s mostly work, if we’re honest, but then we also have to factor in making meals [...]
Florida Medicaid Enrollment Continues Decrease
Medicaid Florida
Enrollment in Florida’s Medicaid program continued to drop in May, with 4.423 million people receiving health care through the sy [...]
2024 Abortion Total Tops 32,000 In Florida
Pregnancy Test (TFP File Photo)
More than 32,000 abortions have been reported in Florida this year, though a law that took effect May 1 is expecte [...]
H5N1 Bird Flu: Everything You Need To Know
Chicken (File)
The H5N1 bird flu, also known as avian influenza, has been making headlines due to its widespread impact on wild birds and poultry, [...]
Mexico Reports First Human Death From Rare Bird Flu Strain
H5N1 virus, Bird Flu (File)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the first-ever human death from the H5N2 strain of avian influenza, [...]
Medicaid Recipients’ Struggle to Retain Coverage
Medicaid Florida
Accessing and maintaining Medicaid coverage can be a daunting challenge for many individuals and families across the United State [...]
AdventHealth, Bond Clinic Provide Free Sports Physicals To Polk County Students
Providers will check blood pressure, complete muscular-skeletal exams and look for things like heart murmurs, joint tenderness and neck and back inju [...]
Florida Judge Backs Revoking Wildwood Group Home License
Judge With Gavel (File)
An administrative law judge Friday recommended revoking the license of a Wildwood group home where police found a woman wi [...]