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A bill that would expand vaccine exemptions for public K-12 schools is headed to the Senate floor. The bill (SB 1756) would create a new “conscience” category for parents to opt their children out of immunizations typically required for students to attend public K-12 schools.

The debate in the Senate Appropriations Committee was vigorous at times, with some supporters unsure if they would support the measure on the chamber floor. A House companion bill has not yet been considered.

Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, who helps lead the state’s version of the Make America Healthy Again movement, recently said the Healthy Florida First initiative tested popular bread brands, revealing "triple-digit" levels of the herbicide glyphosate.

Two national organizations are joining the effort by Florida Decides Healthcare to expand Medicaid to low-income childless adults in Florida.

Measles is highly contagious, and immunization rates in some counties are below the 95% recommended for herd immunity.

On "The Florida Roundup," the president of the American College of Physicians said he believes the state not mandating vaccines for children will increase costs for health care.

Two-thirds of the dangerously hot days in Florida in recent years were linked to climate change. Symptoms of heat exposure include false labor contractions and even pre-term labor.

Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health, the USA TODAY NETWORK is reporting.

Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud and abuse.

Project ADAM South Florida, a partnership between Palm Beach County School District and Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute, trains staff in CPR and AED use to protect youth athletes from sudden cardiac arrest — named in memory of a Wisconsin student athlete who died from SCA.

Doctors say controlling blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol is good for your brain and your heart. They also urge staying physically and socially active.

Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Marty Makary is his choice for the FDA and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat is in line to be the next surgeon general. Dr. Dave Weldon of Florida is slated to run the CDC.