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oing back to school is synonymous for most kids with getting sick. Illnesses such as colds, flu, head-lice and pink eye are common but there are 5 major things you can do to stay germ free through the school year.
Little white lies... or big scandal headline size lies: it doesn't matter the size. As CBS4's Cynthia Demos explains, all lies can impact your health.
Two county agencies have teamed up to implement a new program that provides lifelong companionship for independently living seniors while providing homes for abandoned dogs and cats.
Just in time for the start of school Monday, the Broward County Health Department is offering another chance for you to meet the state's school immunization requirements.
Good news for Jackson Health System is great news for South Floridians who require hospital care: Jackson approved a $1.6 billion budget Thursday.
Two men who were arrested last week for violating food safety and slaughtering swine and goats inhumanely appeared in court Friday morning.
Sad school days are now being linked to illness in middle age.
Gov. Rick Scott, who opposed the Affordable Care Act, says his aim is to save Florida money. However, preliminary numbers reveal Scott may be doing the opposite by rejecting Medicaid expansion.
A 51-year-old Plantation man was sentenced Monday for recruiting Medicare beneficiaries as part of a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme.
University of Miami President Donna Shalala says she was "outraged" to learn that millions of dollars of cancer-fighting medication had been stolen from UM's Sylvester Cancer Center, and ultimately takes personal responsibility for the lapses that allowed it to happen.
The University of Miami medical system is reeling after a discovery that $14 million in prescription drugs had gone missing from the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center over a three-year period, according to CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald.
Friday marked the 20-year-anniversary of the opening of Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The level one center has treated many of the most critical patients in the community.
If you get bored with your workout easily, it may be time to switch it up. Interval training classes are more popular than ever and can offer a very intense workout which means more results in less time.
The owner and operator of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty on Thursday for his participation in a $42 million home health Medicare fraud scheme.
Florida's infants are surviving life-threatening diseases at its highest rate on record.
Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon, a state representative, said that "this is not about three letters" amid GOP criticism about her membership in the Democratic Socialists of America.
A 31-year-old man faces multiple charges after investigators say he fired four shots toward a Miami International Airport terminal.
The home was damaged, but no injuries were reported, officials said.
Witnesses said an elderly man was unable to get out of the home and was trapped in a back room.
Drier air is headed for South Florida this weekend and will bring us a taste of fall.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
