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Chilly weather grips Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. Here’s when warmer temperatures are expected to return

HEALTH NEWS


This undated image provided by ByHeart shows ByHeart formula products.(ByHeart via AP)
45 minutes ago

ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak grows

Read full article: ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak grows
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1 hour ago

A positive outlook can improve health, but experts say too much positivity can backfire

Read full article: A positive outlook can improve health, but experts say too much positivity can backfire
FILE - House Democrats prepare to speak on the steps of the Capitol to insist that Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits as part of a government funding compromise, in Washington, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
19 hours ago

An emerging shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. Here's what could happen to them

Read full article: An emerging shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. Here's what could happen to them
The Fire Watch: Your Turn to Stand : Jun 01, 2021
20 hours ago

The Fire Watch, a community effort to end veteran suicide, has trained 10,000 Floridians to spot veterans in crisis

Read full article: The Fire Watch, a community effort to end veteran suicide, has trained 10,000 Floridians to spot veterans in crisis

The Fire Watch, a community effort to end veteran suicide, has reached a major milestone: 10,000 Floridians trained to identify veterans in crisis.

FILE - A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at International Community Health Services, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, file)
17 hours ago

Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks

Read full article: Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks

International health experts say Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America.

FDA Commissioner Martin Makary speaks during an event about drug prices with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
18 hours ago

The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

Read full article: The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

The Food and Drug Administration says it will remove a long-standing warning from hormone-based drugs used to treat menopause symptoms in women.

Volunteer Bruce Toben packs groceries durning an emergency food distribution at the at The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's Mitzvah Food Program in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
12 hours ago

Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen

Read full article: Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold.

Groceries lay on a kitchen counter before being sorted for storage in the pantry and refrigerator Oct. 25, 2025, in Flagstaff, Ariz. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)
1 day ago

Fruitful advice for getting the most from a refrigerator and making groceries last longer

Read full article: Fruitful advice for getting the most from a refrigerator and making groceries last longer

Storing food properly can prolong the life of groceries, minimize waste, and prevent foodborne illnesses.

FILE - Fire crews monitor the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
1 day ago

Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it

Read full article: Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
2 days ago

Infant botulism in 10 US states linked to formula being recalled

Read full article: Infant botulism in 10 US states linked to formula being recalled

Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 U.S. states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that is being recalled.

FILE - The Pfizer logo is displayed at the company's headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
2 days ago

Pfizer clinches deal for obesity drug developer Metsea after a bidding war with Novo Nordisk

Read full article: Pfizer clinches deal for obesity drug developer Metsea after a bidding war with Novo Nordisk

Pfizer has signed a deal to purchase Metsera Inc., an obesity drugmaker in the development stage, after winning a bidding war against Novo Nordisk.

A reusable water bottle is washed in New York on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
3 days ago

Yes, you do need to clean your water bottle. Here's why and how

Read full article: Yes, you do need to clean your water bottle. Here's why and how

Reusable bottles get grubby no matter what liquid they’re filled with, so it’s important to clean them regularly.

FILE - The label for a bottle of melatonin pills is seen in New York on Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
3 days ago

A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don't lose sleep over it

Read full article: A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don't lose sleep over it

Don't lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure.

FILE - Eggs are displayed in refrigerators at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill., Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
3 days ago

Trump administration moves to loosen restrictions it once supported on a harmful pollutant

Read full article: Trump administration moves to loosen restrictions it once supported on a harmful pollutant

The Trump administration is loosening a federal rule that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies and others to reduce powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

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Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs

Read full article: Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs

President Donald Trump has unveiled a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy.

LIVE HEALTHY


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Alcohol raises risk of heart disease in women, study finds

Read full article: Alcohol raises risk of heart disease in women, study finds
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What happens if you stop taking weight-loss drugs?

Read full article: What happens if you stop taking weight-loss drugs?

TALKING HEALTH


The latest segments from Dr. Scot Ackerman

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President Trump unveils deal to expand coverage, lower costs on GLP-1 obesity drugs like Wegovy

Read full article: President Trump unveils deal to expand coverage, lower costs on GLP-1 obesity drugs like Wegovy

President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy.

Dr. Mariana Kaplan, chief of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, works in her office, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side

Read full article: Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side

It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies.

FILE - Farmers burn crop waste from a field outside the Laos UNESCO heritage site of Luang Prabang, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach, File)

An American man and his son die after suffering stings from a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos

Read full article: An American man and his son die after suffering stings from a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos

An American man and his teenage son have died after they were stung by a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos last month.

Coastal Beaches Therapy claims best self-care title

Coastal Beaches Therapy takes home the title for best self-care for JAXBest 2025

Read full article: Coastal Beaches Therapy takes home the title for best self-care for JAXBest 2025

Self-care is a vital aspect of mental health, and we wanted to know who offered the best self-care in the Jacksonville area.

2 patients say they were never informed about medical mix-up

‘Shouldn’t happen in this day and age’: Patient says Baptist Health medical portal showed stranger’s private information

Read full article: ‘Shouldn’t happen in this day and age’: Patient says Baptist Health medical portal showed stranger’s private information

A Baptist Health patient says she was shocked to find another person’s private medical information in her online health portal, raising serious concerns about patient privacy and data security.

FILE - A patient receives a Botox injection at a clinic in Arlington, Va., on June 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FDA warns websites selling unapproved Botox for cosmetic purposes

Read full article: FDA warns websites selling unapproved Botox for cosmetic purposes

U.S. health regulators are warning about unapproved versions of Botox and similar anti-wrinkle injections.

Children ride their bicycles to school during a parent-led bike ride titled "Bike Bus" Sept. 15, 2025, in Montclair, N.J. (Andrew Hawkins/Montclair Bike Bus via AP)

From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a 'bike bus'

Read full article: From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a 'bike bus'

In the New Jersey township of Montclair, a group bicycle ride to school has become a weekly community ritual.

FILE - A healthcare worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sales tumble after government guidance on the shots narrows

Read full article: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sales tumble after government guidance on the shots narrows

The fall COVID-19 vaccine season is starting slowly for Pfizer, with U.S. sales of its Comirnaty shots sinking 25% after federal regulators narrowed recommendations on who should get them.

FILE - Surgeons at NYU Langone Health prepare to transplant a pig's kidney into a brain-dead man in New York on July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum, File)

First clinical trial of pig kidney transplants gets underway

Read full article: First clinical trial of pig kidney transplants gets underway

The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives.

FILE - Extra Strength Tylenol is shown in Carmel, Ind., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, file)

Tylenol, Kleenex, Band-Aid and more put under one roof in $48.7 billion consumer brands deal

Read full article: Tylenol, Kleenex, Band-Aid and more put under one roof in $48.7 billion consumer brands deal

Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in an approximately $48.7 billion cash-and-stock deal, creating a massive consumer health goods company.

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FDA's top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe 'serious concerns'

Read full article: FDA's top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe 'serious concerns'

The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday amid concerns about his personal conduct.

Bicyclists ride along Sheikh Zayed highway during the Dubai Ride annual event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)

Thousands of bicycles take over Dubai's busiest highway as part of a fitness challenge

Read full article: Thousands of bicycles take over Dubai's busiest highway as part of a fitness challenge

Thousands of bicycles have taken over Dubai's busiest highway as part of an annual ride for the city's fitness challenge.

CORRECTS BYLINE TO REV. JOHN UDO-OKON, NOT SUSAN HAIGH - In this photo provided by the Rev. John Udo-Okon, people wait in line for free food at the World of Life Christian Fellowship International food pantry in the Bronx borough of New York on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Rev. John Udo-Okon via AP)

SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries

Read full article: SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries

Long lines have formed at food pantries across the U.S. as federal food benefits were cut off due to the government shutdown.

MUST Ministries delivers food to the public via a drive through service, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Austell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point

Read full article: Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point

The twin crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington are coming to a head.

FILE - A child shows off her teeth after a dental exam in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, file)

FDA restricts use of kids' fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks

Read full article: FDA restricts use of kids' fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks

The Food and Drug Administration is restricting the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth.

FILE - The Pfizer logo is displayed at the company's headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Pfizer sues to stop rival bid for drugmaker Metsera by Denmark's Novo Nordisk

Read full article: Pfizer sues to stop rival bid for drugmaker Metsera by Denmark's Novo Nordisk

Pfizer is suing over some unsolicited competition in its nearly $5 billion bid to buy the drugmaker Metsera.

This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, shows packaging for the Member's Mark Super Greens Powder Supplement sold at Sam's Club stores. (FDA via AP)

Super greens powder supplements sold at Sam's Club linked to salmonella outbreak

Read full article: Super greens powder supplements sold at Sam's Club linked to salmonella outbreak

Authorities say at least 11 people have been sickened with salmonella infections linked to powder supplements sold at Sam's Club stores nationwide and online.

A volunteer prepares meals at the Philabundance Community Kitchen in Philadelphia, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown

Read full article: Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.

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What’s the secret to a long, healthy & happy life? The surprising answer is backed by 80 years of research

Read full article: What’s the secret to a long, healthy & happy life? The surprising answer is backed by 80 years of research

What really makes for a good life? Money? Success? Genes? The longest-running study on happiness says none of those top the list.

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FDA says drugmakers have recalled a blood pressure medicine tainted with a cancer-causing chemical

Read full article: FDA says drugmakers have recalled a blood pressure medicine tainted with a cancer-causing chemical

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical.

FILE - A sign for the Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and Courthouse is displayed outside the courthouse on Jan. 22, 2024, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Jennifer Kelleher, File)

Federal judge in Hawaii rules FDA violated the law by restricting access to abortion medication

Read full article: Federal judge in Hawaii rules FDA violated the law by restricting access to abortion medication

A federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated the law by imposing restrictions on a medication used for abortions and miscarriage management.

This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows an example of a pre-cooked pasta meal that Demers Food Group voluntarily recalled on Oct. 1, 2025, after a sample of a supplier's linguine pasta tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration via AP)

New deaths and illnesses reported in listeria outbreak tied to recalled pasta meals

Read full article: New deaths and illnesses reported in listeria outbreak tied to recalled pasta meals

Two new deaths and more illnesses have been reported in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to precooked pasta meals sold in grocery stores in many states.

FILE - Vanessa Shields-Haas, a nurse practitioner, walks from the lobby toward the examination rooms at the Maine Family Planning healthcare facility, July 15, 2025, in Thomaston, Maine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Maine network ends primary care after losing Medicaid due to Trump defunding Planned Parenthood

Read full article: Maine network ends primary care after losing Medicaid due to Trump defunding Planned Parenthood

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it will shut down its primary care operations on Friday because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers.

FILE - Custodian Ray Keen inspects a clock face before changing the time on the 100-year-old clock atop the Clay County Courthouse March 8, 2014, in Clay Center, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

How Americans feel about changing the clocks, according to a new AP-NORC poll

Read full article: How Americans feel about changing the clocks, according to a new AP-NORC poll

A new AP-NORC poll finds that only 12% of U.S. adults support the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks twice a year, while 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral.

FILE - Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megyn Kelly attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Senate hearing for Trump's surgeon general pick is postponed after she goes into labor

Read full article: Senate hearing for Trump's surgeon general pick is postponed after she goes into labor

A Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick, Dr. Casey Means, has been postponed because she went into labor.

Bill Swick sits on the chair at his home in Minooka, Ill., Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Patients go without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupts a telehealth program

Read full article: Patients go without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupts a telehealth program

Bill Swick, who has a rare degenerative brain disease, has lost access to virtual speech therapy due to the federal government shutdown.

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Fall hazards: The autumn dangers inside your home

Read full article: Fall hazards: The autumn dangers inside your home

Our homes are our safe haven. But as the season changes, so do the risks. Cooler temps, colorful leaves, and the smell of pumpkin spice, fall is in the air! But behind the comforts of the season lurk some hazards inside our own homes.

FILE - Bear sculptures sit outside the Boney Courthouse, where the Alaska Supreme Court hears cases, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that could decide who can provide abortion care in the state

Read full article: Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that could decide who can provide abortion care in the state

The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that’s expected to determine who can provide abortion care in the state.

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