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Orlando Sentinel - Health

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8 Central Florida restaurants shut down after health inspections last week

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Hope Florida led disabled people to dead ends as state misused $10M

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Nursing home beds are becoming more scarce

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Congo's Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 confirmed cases as disease remains out of control

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A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage

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When a friend becomes a caregiver

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UN tries to build momentum on pandemic preparedness, but hits a speed bump

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CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy

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HHS plans new research into autism development, treatment

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As health insurance costs soar, healthcare workers also feel the pinch

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More Americans lose SNAP as Congress weighs food stamps' future

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More than 160,000 pounds of meat bearing false USDA inspection labels recalled

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Misinformation, hesitancy could blunt impact of new cancer vaccines

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States bet big on rural health startups, with a Silicon Valley twist

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FDA nominee voices support for vaccines at Senate hearing scrutinizing Trump administration efforts

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Hayden Panettiere's death highlights risk of overdose death after stopping and resuming drug use

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She lived to see 'Deb's law' take effect. Now she can choose how she dies

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FDA panel endorses first-of-a-kind cancer blood test from Grail

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A generation of kids suffer as Trump destabilizes immigrant families

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3 Central Florida restaurants shut down after health inspections last week

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Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims

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What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors

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'Nearly 100% fatal' disease on the rise across US. What are risks?

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Indigenous groups are exempt from Medicaid work rules, but native Hawaiians aren't

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Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks

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Climate change may have contributed to a quarter of ER visits for heat-related illness from 2018-25, study finds

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Three dengue fever cases in Orange, as state issues mosquito-illness warning

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Why older pedestrians fare worse in car crashes

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The market forces quietly adding thousands to patient bills

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A NY hospital tried to close its birthing center. This city united to fight back

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Dengue fever and other mosquito-borne illnesses surging in Florida

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WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in Congo Ebola fight, but warns cases in one eastern region are surging

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Women on parole face higher rates of mental health, housing challenges

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His game stops cancer from looming in the minds of kids as a 'big, scary monster'

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4 Central Florida restaurants shut down after health inspections last week

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Florida nursing school owner sentenced to 87 months in diploma mill operation

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A fourth measles death is reported in Pennsylvania

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TikTok's fake GLP-1 market preys on women trying to lose weight

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H. pylori linked to 1 in 5 bowel cancer cases, study finds

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Pennsylvania officials report state's 3rd death involving measles

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What geriatric emergency departments do differently

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Get ready for flu season: Florida pharmacies rolling out new mRNA vaccines and updated COVID shots

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Free programs bring thousands to Dr. Phillips Center each year

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A state gave sheriffs 20% of its opioid settlement cash. We followed the money

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Addiction in America: 'Make recovery more accessible than the illicit drug supply'

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Methadone clinics, Danny Trejo beat back deregulation with 'Program, Not a Pill'

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'Liberate methadone!' Some patients demand the system's destruction

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Public payments, private profits: A half-century of methadone in America

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Want to lower your risk of dementia? It doesn't involve a blood test

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US officials declare an end to record-setting cyclospora outbreak, but its origin is still unknown

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Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province

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FDNY wants feds to include cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline to 9/11 illness list

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Africa's top health body warns Congo's Ebola outbreak is rapidly spreading beyond epicenter

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Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half

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Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away

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Dolly Parton kept cancer private to protect loved ones, fans: sister

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Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's battle has 'gotten harder,' but he's hopeful

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7 Central Florida restaurants shut down after health inspections last week

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Immigration activity is taking a toll on children's health, doctors say

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An appeals court is considering a push to restrict most common abortion method

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You want to join a clinical trial. Here's what to know about the hurdles

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Tampa woman was diagnosed with dengue fever. Within a week, she was dead.

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A Kentucky man with a meat allergy was craving a burger. So he got into ostrich farming

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Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections

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Medicare's paying less for cataract surgery. Eye doctors are turning to lucrative lasers

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My husband was kicked out of hospice for dying too slowly

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The 'nightmare days' of Minnesota's 1946 polio epidemic

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Plastic leaves its traces in unexpected places — like your dentist's office

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Endometriosis can elude diagnosis for years: What to know about the disease

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Chimpanzees once used for vaccine research get health checks as part of long-term care

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This summer's COVID spread: How the symptoms have changed

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Trump and Kennedy's health industry deals haven't been enforced and are at risk of vanishing

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Mice may drive Lyme disease more than deer

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Some states raise pay for home caregivers as shortage looms

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High fertility costs push Americans abroad for IVF treatment

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5 challenges Congo faces in containing its fast-moving Ebola outbreak

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Take your blood to the bank (please)

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This vaccine reduces risk of melanoma coming back. Can it work for other cancers?

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Trump puts autistic kids in the spotlight and cuts agencies built to protect them

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Drive for nuclear power boosts uranium industry — and tribal health concerns in Southwest

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Locally acquired dengue fever case reported in Orange County

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Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000

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Tiny chip restores reading to people with age-related blindness

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Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion

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The Medicare GLP-1 discount has one big catch: Some sick patients don't qualify

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8 Central Florida restaurants shut down after health inspections last week

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Clean bills of health: Which Central Florida restaurants had perfect inspections in August?

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Schools reopen in Congo's Ebola epicenter despite concerns from parents and teachers

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Years after he quit smoking, a lung cancer scan saved his life

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Congo authorities report more than 6,000 confirmed Ebola cases and nearly 3,000 deaths

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Mobility tests can tell doctors a lot about how you're aging, but there are many other factors

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Many states cover doula care, but access to a 'birthing bestie' is often out of reach

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Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark fight among politicians and health officials

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'I'm still here:' Florida patients see early promising results from new pancreatic cancer pill

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She was a pain specialist to top athletes. Her opioid prescribing alarmed the DEA

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Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health zones with a total of 60 areas now affected

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