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A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care, advocates and experts say.
A legal fight is looming over a state rule taking effect Sunday that will end Medicaid reimbursements for transgender care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery.
LGBTQ and health groups have denounced a new rule by Florida health officials set to take effect later this month to restrict Medicaid insurance coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for transgender people.
National medical and legal researchers have issued a report condemning Florida health officials' plan to block Medicaid coverage for gender-dysphoria treatments, saying the move lacks "any persuasive scientific or medical justification."
In what at times appeared more like a tent revival than an agency rule hearing, state health officials on Friday received public input on a proposal that would deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as puberty-blocking medication and hormone therapy for transgender people.
Two years after a trans woman was shot and killed in South Florida.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration moved forward Friday with a proposal that would deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as puberty-blocking medication and hormone therapy for transgender people.
The groups criticized a report that the AHCA is using as a basis for the expected effort to deny coverage.
The groups sharply criticized a report that the Agency for Health Care Administration is using as a basis for the expected effort to deny Medicaid coverage for the treatments.
Florida health officials have asked the state medical board to draft new policies that would likely restrict gender dysphoria treatments for transgender youth as the state amps up its ongoing attacks on the treatments amid the country's culture wars.
Maintaining that the federal government's medical establishment has failed the most basic level when it comes to children and adolescents with gender dysphoria, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Florida's health department has updated its guidance.
Gov. Ron DeSantis waded further into gender politics Tuesday, issuing a proclamation that said a swimmer from Sarasota is the nation's best "female" in the 500-meter freestyle after she finished second last week to a transgender athlete at the NCAA championship.
The U.S. Department of Justice will argue next month at a federal appeals court on behalf of a transgender male student who was prevented from using boys' bathrooms at a St. Johns County high school.
A lawsuit about whether a transgender student should have been allowed to use boys' bathrooms at a Northeast Florida high school has become a battleground for states across the country.
Tossing out a July decision, a full federal appeals court will hear a battle about whether a transgender male student should have been allowed to use boys' bathrooms at a St. Johns County high school.
A 13-year-old Broward County soccer player and her parents are challenging a new state law that bans transgender athletes from participating on girls' and women's sports teams, arguing that it is unconstitutional and "ignores basic medical science" about trans students.
The Florida House is poised to pass a measure that would bar transgender females from participating in girls' and women's high-school and college sports, amid fierce opposition from Democrats and warnings about potential financial repercussions.
The Florida House on Tuesday is slated to take up a controversial bill that would ban transgender females from taking part in girls' or women's high-school and college sports.
A Florida House panel has approved a controversial proposal that would ban transgender girls and women from competing in women's high-school and college sports.
With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden reversed former President Trump's ban on transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.
Weighing privacy issues, a federal appeals court has sided with a transgender student who argued his constitutional rights were violated when the St. Johns County school district prevented him from using boys' restrooms at his high school.
Homicide investigators are begging for leads in a fatal shooting that left a transgender woman dead.
She was known to many as Bree Black or NUK, a trans woman. It was just about 10:15 p.m. Friday July 3, when Bree was gunned down, just steps from her apartment at NW 3rd Ave and 12 Street in Pompano Beach.
Twenty fours year old with the rest of her life ahead of her.
A new service is being offered by Planned Parenthood, and it's all starting in South Florida.
Detailed inventory lists of items seized from Mar-a-Lago that were prepared by a Justice Department privilege review team were inadvertently unsealed.
Former President Donald Trump was the keynote speaker at the Hispanic Leadership Conference, held Wednesday at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami.
The Miami Diaper Bank could be out of diapers by the end of this week, and much of the problem has to do with supply chain issues.
Stranger Things fans will have the chance to explore the Stranger Things: The Store starting October 26.
Miami Gardens and the rapper Flo Rida are teaming up to help victims of Hurricane Ian in the devastated community of Harlem Heights just north of Fort Myers.
Detailed inventory lists of items seized from Mar-a-Lago that were prepared by a Justice Department privilege review team were inadvertently unsealed.
Former President Donald Trump was the keynote speaker at the Hispanic Leadership Conference, held Wednesday at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami.
The Miami Diaper Bank could be out of diapers by the end of this week, and much of the problem has to do with supply chain issues.
Stranger Things fans will have the chance to explore the Stranger Things: The Store starting October 26.
Miami Gardens and the rapper Flo Rida are teaming up to help victims of Hurricane Ian in the devastated community of Harlem Heights just north of Fort Myers.
With Election Day more than a month away, over 13,000 Florida voters have cast mail-in ballots, according to data posted on the state Division of Elections website.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar
Here are ways you can help those affected by the storm.
A major-disaster declaration that President Joe Biden issued early Thursday will be expanded to more areas as Florida tries to recover from Hurricane Ian, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said millions of Floridians will face power outages over the next two days as monstrous Hurricane Ian barrels through the state.
Detailed inventory lists of items seized from Mar-a-Lago that were prepared by a Justice Department privilege review team were inadvertently unsealed.
As of June 30, 594,120 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children were enrolled in DACA, half of whom live in California, Texas and Illinois.
An Oct. 12 debate in Fort Pierce between Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist has been postponed amid Hurricane Ian recovery efforts.
With the exception of traditionally Democratic southeast Florida, Desantis led throughout the state.
We've reaching a point in global nuclear risk not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago, Mowatt-Larssen tells "Intelligence Matters" host Michael Morell.
The state average Monday was $3.22 per gallon
Gasoline and oil futures prices plunged 7% last week
On Sunday, Florida gas prices averaged $3.42 per gallon.
Pump prices have largely declined throughout the summer
Contractors have launched an appeal in a legal battle about part of a new Florida property insurance law.
Tua Tagovailoa was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center for further evaluation after sustaining head and neck injuries.
As September marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we're sharing the story of a Broward County girl who beat cancer not once - but twice.
Masking is now urged only in communities seeing "high" transmission of the virus.
The third week of September is known as Asthma Peak Week, and that is because it's a week where doctors often see the most asthma attacks in the country.
The BA.5 variant from the summer wave of cases has now fallen to 81.3% of new infections.
Fiona severely damaged the fragile power grid
When local officials called for help from the "cavalry" in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, they were looking for federal help.
CBS4's Neighbors 4 Neighbors and a viewer are stepping up to help a family for the holiday after a blaze ripped through their apartment.
Time is running out for you to open your heart and help a family in need this holiday season. Only 16 families left before Monday's deadline for the Neighbors 4 Neighbors Adopt A Family for the Holidays program.
A South Florida family who lost everything when a fire destroyed their Miami home, is thankful for the generous support of the South Florida community in an effort to get them back on their feet.
Jim focuses this week's program on the health of homeowner insurance in Florida including the ability or inability of insurance companies to weather Hurricane Ian's destruction.
Jim sits down for a special half-hour with Congressman Ted Deutch who in a few days will be leaving Congress after 12 years of serving South Florida on Capitol Hill.
Jim takes a deep dive into just-released disturbing data from the Anti-Defamation League.
Jim discusses what is behind the DeSantis move to fly dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
Jim sits down with the Miami-Dade County Mayor to talk all things budget.
Stranger Things fans will have the chance to explore the Stranger Things: The Store starting October 26.
Dave Chappelle Will Return to Hard Rock Live on Dec. 27 and tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m.
The Mexican telenovela star was convicted of murder in a 2019 road rage murder that happened in Miami.
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Lynn's family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.