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Drug industry, lobbyists bullied state into ignoring fake drug law sun-sentinel (06/03)
Department of Health office targets Canadian drugs naplesnews (06/03)
1 in 4 Floridians with HIV don't know gainesvillesun (06/03)
Ads slam Canada drug sales: Firms say aim is profit protection news-journalonline (06/03)
Nurses outraged by plan to strip health professionals of overtime pay sun-sentinel (06/03)
Virtual medical diagnosis: A new telemedicine facility in Orlando allows doctors 1,000 miles apart to view the same images bradentonherald (06/03)
Drug makers use Florida to test health programs bradentonherald (06/03)
Discount druggists are illegal, state says miamiherald (06/03)
Study says Tenet hospitals in S. Florida are among nation's priciest; no Florida hospital was among the 100 lowest-cost medical centers sun-sentinel (06/03)
A high-tech Rx for healthcare: Use of computers reduces human error miamiherald (06/03)
Board targets low-cost drugs tampatribune (06/03)
Crist: Medical experts not exempt from autopsy photo law news-journalonline (06/03)
Sellers of Canadian drugs, panel clash palmbeachpost (06/03)
Report: Prescription overdoses killed more Floridians than illegal drugs sun-sentinel (06/03)
Florida isn't pressing Canadian drug sales palmbeachpost (06/03)
Officials: No human West Nile cases this year so far naplesnews (06/03)
Florida's largest malpractice insurance company pledges lower rates if 'cap' bill passes bradentonherald (06/03)
Doctors plan walkouts to protest soaring malpractice costs news-journalonline (05/03)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida to offer new line of 25 health plans called BlueOptions businessjournal/tampa (05/03)
Medicaid office to rule on appeals sun-sentinel (05/03)
Medical-malpractice reform appears dead for this session sun-sentinel (05/03)
Malpractice insurer records hefty profit palmbeachpost (05/03)
Hospitals juggle idle workers: Malpractice protest could cost jobs jacksonville.com (05/03)
Experts offer strategies for small businesses on health coverage sun-sentinel (05/03)
Local businesses have prescription for saving on drugs: Buy Canadian news-press (05/03)
Jacksonville ERs transferring patients after doctors stop working naplesnews (05/03)
State reports more possible SARS cases naplesnews (05/03)
Items to fight SARS selling well palmbeachpost (05/03)
Fear of SARS exceeds real dangers, officials say miamiherald (04/03)
State figures blur malpractice 'crisis' jacksonville.com (04/03)
Canadian visitors not panicked over SARS warnings news-journalonline (04/03)
Smallpox shots may interest few sun-sentinel (04/03)
Little done to curtail online Rx miamiherald (04/03)
2 more suspected SARS cases found in Florida sun-sentinel (04/03) | More
Florida Legislature: Senate panel green-lights medical malpractice bills bradentonherald (04/03)
Mail-order drug stores thrive despite legal threats bradentonherald (04/03)
CDC chief "very concerned" about possible workplace spread of SARS virus gainesvillesun (04/03) | More
State SARS cases rise to 11, include Miami-Dade boy news-journalonline (04/03)
SARS impact felt close to home: Many companies are cutting back on international travel... sptimes (04/03)
Humana planning health policies for individuals sun-sentinel (04/03)
Health Department recalls AIDS pamphlet news-journalonline (04/03)
Risk of getting SARS is very small miamiherald (04/03)
State�s top regulator warns against �cheap health insurance� news-journalonline (04/03)
Third suspected case raises concern about SARS in South Florida sun-sentinel (04/03)
Jacksonville surgeons vow to quit unless lawmakers act naplesnews (04/03)
Mystery illness may be in Florida bradentonherald (04/03)
State offers small businesses health plan options gainesvillesun (04/03)
Orlando expecting invasion by deadly mystery virus sun-sentinel (04/03)
Pfizer Experiment: Company suggests novel approach to managed care will save the state millions miamiherald (03/03)
Second death halts state smallpox shots sun-sentinel (03/03)
Medical malpractice problem hits local company hard news-journalonline (03/03)
Doctors rally in capital for malpractice relief...pivotal issue is a proposed $250,000 cap on non-economic damages gainesvillesun (03/03)
Florida targets drug discounters palmbeachpost (03/03)
Prescription drug abuse is a state trend, expert says gainesvillesun (03/03)
Drug imports fuel debate: Businesses help people buy cheaper alternatives from Canada orlandosentinel (03/03)
Out of the red and into the black: Shands Jacksonville has a plan to turn losses into profits jacksonville.com (03/03)
Legislative questions persist on medical malpractice reform news-press (03/03)
S. Fla. HMO to drop 10 HCA hospitals: Vista also sues for overbilling, fraud miamiherald (03/03)
Pinellas man risks jail to ease prescription pinch bradentonherald (03/03)
Expert: Area cases of mystery illness unlikely...more than 150 ill worldwide gainesvillesun (03/03)
Care managers: Regulate growing industry news-journalonline (03/03)
Employee share for health-care may go up news-journalonline (03/03)
Nursing home lawsuit bill dies; measure would have limited jury awards sptimes (03/03)
Feds warn 168 companies in S. Florida about injury, illness rates sun-sentinel (03/03)
Closings considered as bacteria found at 5 S. Florida beaches sun-sentinel (03/03)
Access to mental health care No. 1 concern: Many in area can't afford insurance jacksonville.com (03/03)
3 Floridians ill after smallpox vaccinations news-journalonline (02/03)
Sneeze season: Colder than normal winter is contributing to increased pollen levels gainesvillesun (02/03)
Florida, California look for ways to control online selling of drugs sun-sentinel (02/03)
Doctors from four counties rally to cap medical malpractice awards naplesnews (02/03)
Springtime pollen blows in: Allergies can be kept at bay... jacksonville.com (02/03)
Budget may precede family values gainesvillesun (02/03)
State debates malpractice caps jacksonville.com (02/03)
Businesses back damages cap for medical malpractice cases naplesnews (02/03)
Florida's waiting list for aid to disabled is thousands long miamiherald (02/03)
The bacteria that causes meningitis is quick, quiet and deadly miamiherald (02/03)
Lawmakers hear from public on medical malpractice proposals naplesnews (02/03)
Medical malpractice rally: Manatee doctors join in protest bradentonherald (02/03)
Cavalier attitude blamed as HIV cases soar in S. Florida sun-sentinel (02/03)
Sickness blankets schools: Parents told to keep ailing kids at home tallahasseedemocrat (02/03)
State budget cuts could take down social-service safety net tallahasseedemocrat (02/03)
Titusville high schooler dies of meningitis news-journalonline (02/03)
Soaring health premiums creating more uninsured sun-sentinel (02/03)
On Reagan's 92nd birthday, state looks for Alzheimer's help naplesnews (02/03)
Governor wants money to Medicaid gainesvillesun (02/03)
St. Johns doctors latest to walkout over malpractice costs naplesnews (02/03)
Panel proposes cap on awards...to address the rising cost of malpractice insurance in the state bradentonherald (02/03)
Accord reached on state drug program for seniors gainesvillesun (02/03)
Medicaid program faces possible cuts in coming session: Health-care groups lobby to retain funds jacksonville.com (02/03)
State doctor illustrates malpractice quandary gainesvillesun (01/03)
Mystery rash victim suffers in uncertainty: Ailment that triggered panic not getting better news-press (01/03)
More than 800 doctors miss work over malpractice costs news-journalonline (01/03)
More than 1,000 Florida doctors airing concerns over medical malpractice costs sun-sentinel (01/03)
Governor vows to attack prescription drug abuses sun-sentinel (01/03)
No consensus at malpractice talks palmbeachpost (01/03)
Columba Bush tours drug abuse groups bradentonherald (01/03)
Local doctor visits President Bush...to share how rising medical liability premiums have affected her practice bradentonherald (01/03)
In malpractice debate, even basics aren't agreed on naplesnews (01/03)
Foreign visitors burden hospitals miamiherald (01/03)
Medical liability insurance crisis crunch felt statewide bradentonherald (01/03)
Fla. 9th in U.S. cancer cases: High rate attributed to older population news-press (01/03)
Soaring insurance costs have S. Florida doctors on edge sun-sentinel (01/03)
Florida urges college students to consider vaccines sun-sentinel (12/02)
UF scientists: Hold off on smallpox vaccine gainesvillesun (12/02)
UF scientist leads study to find safer vaccines gainesvillesun (12/02)
Scientists squeeze sponges for possible cancer cures: Researchers hope to find help in the deep sea plants bradentonherald (12/02)
HMOs lose enrollment as prices keep rising tampatribune (12/02)
Valet parking at hospitals popular around Jacksonville jacksonville.com (12/02)
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport workers get TB test results bradentonherald (12/02)
U.S. seniors flooding Canada with orders for low-cost drugs sun-sentinel (12/02)
Florida High court gives nursing home lawsuit green light naplesnews (12/02)
HMOs still draw customers despite drops in coverage businessjournal/orlando (12/02)
Smallpox vaccinations worry S. Florida hospital workers sun-sentinel (12/02)
Untapped source for nursing: Men orlandosentinel (12/02)
West Nile confirmed in Manatee resident...26th human case in Florida this year bradentonherald (12/02)
State�s trauma centers in crisis news-press (11/02)
Florida leads the nation in reporting disease outbreaks linked to pools and drinking water sptimes (11/02)
Lawmakers to consider monetary caps in malpractice cases naplesnews (11/02)
Slow response puts state last in line for flu vaccine sun-sentinel (11/02)
Seniors get price cut for generic drugs sptimes (11/02)
Shands Jacksonville to get $150 million in funding deal gainesvillesun (11/02)
Government releases flood of nursing home data news-journalonline (11/02)
Drugmakers seek seniors for discount programs palmbeachpost (11/02)
3 gators found with West Nile gainesvillesun (11/02)
Study: Florida ranks low on healthiness, has made some progress on health issues sptimes (11/02)
Hospitals' new arrivals...hospitals have launched building projects tampatribune (11/02)
State's nursing shortage eases but remains gainesvillesun (11/02)
Florida Hospital to arrange medical-malpractice insurance orlandosentinel (11/02)
Patient who shut ERs down released: Doctors now think she had chickenpox news-press (11/02)
UM gets $5 million gift to establish a state-of-the-art breast cancer research institute sun-sentinel (10/02)
Blue Cross offers new health insurance plans to employers with 50 employees or less jacksonville.com (10/02)
Soaring medical costs a big issue for S. Florida retirees sun-sentinel (10/02)
West Nile can be passed on by blood orlandosentinel (10/02)
More details emerge in scare that prompted hospital lockdowns naplesnews (10/02)
Disease scare shuts down 2 hospital ERs news-press (10/02)
Two S. Florida hospitals close maternity units over insurance woes sun-sentinel (10/02)
Area boy gets West Nile; 13th state case gainesvillesun (10/02)
Doctors rally against cost of malpractice insurance news-journalonline (10/02)
Florida adds 10 more counties to West Nile medical alert naplesnews (10/02)
Florida stands to lose most with Medicare payment cuts jacksonville.com (10/02)
Health insurance rates jumping 20 percent palmbeachpost (10/02)
McBride, Bush follow donors on malpractice issue orlandosentinel (10/02)
Law threatens big discounts that seniors get on prescriptions sun-sentinel (10/02)
Doctors scrambling in Tampa area insurance dispute: The standoff between BlueCross and BayCare... sptimes (10/02)
Medicare HMO aid available for seniors: Blue Cross has dropped 14,000 in Clay, Duval jacksonville.com (10/02)
BlueCross, BayCare on track to miss deadline...300,000 Tampa Bay area residents will be affected if negotiations fail businessjournal/tampa (10/02)
Nursing homes face tough times: Misdeeds over the years leave industry reeling news-press (09/02)
3,210 in North Florida lose Medicare coverage in AvMed gainesvillesun (09/02)
Florida adds six more counties to West Nile medical alert list naplesnews (09/02)
Flu shots now urged for youngest children sptimes (09/02)
Anesthesiology nurses want change in office surgery rule naplesnews (09/02)
Report: HMOs improving service, health coverage palmbeachpost (09/02)
Most Fla. health insurers rated low in care tampatribune (09/02)
Study: Medical malpractice lawsuits not a problem in Florida naplesnews (09/02)
Profitable insurer singing the health care blues sptimes (09/02)
Medicare cuts impact patients, physicians naplesnews (09/02)
Sarasota man has West Nile virus bradentonherald (09/02)
3 new West Nile cases in Florida: Health officials warn Floridians to avoid mosquito bites orlandosentinel (09/02)
Blue jay tests positive for West Nile sun-herald (09/02)
Paying a premium: Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored plans keep rising sptimes (09/02)
West Nile testing goes to the birds tampatribune (09/02)
State puts five counties on West Nile alert heraldtribune (09/02)
State board of medicine faces criticism: Group called too lenient on �bad� docs news-press (08/02)
Database reveals doctors' backgrounds miamiherald (08/02)
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Florida to offer incentives to nurses | Nursing Licensing & Info
Health insurance deadline nears...for self-employed Floridians sun-herald (08/02)
West Nile loosens its grip on state tallahasseedemocrat (08/02)
West Nile threat rises, officials say orlandosentinel (08/02)
Small businesses get HMO changes palmbeachpost (08/02)
West Nile alert widens to include Orange, Lake orlandosentinel (08/02)
Collier keeps eye on birds for West Nile news-press (08/02)
Residents working to beat mosquitoes: West Nile fears spark action plan pensacolanewsjournal (08/02)
Hospitals warn area medical care may be impacted by high insurance rates naplesnews (08/02)
Insurance problems filter down to elderly jacksonville.com (08/02)
Local company uses photos to help prevent skin cancer tampatribune (08/02)
Mosquito trucks on a roll sun-herald (08/02)
Volusia's alarming West Nile levels trigger alert news-journalonline (08/02)
Concern increases over West Nile Virus sun-herald (08/02)
Enrollment period opens for self-employed seeking health insurance news-journalonline (08/02)
State's poor are feeling Medicaid cutbacks miamiherald (08/02)
Drug program to ease burden on poor seniors: Prescription benefit will help 58,000 in Florida news-press (08/02) | More
Judge orders expedited manatee protection news-journalonline (08/02)
Officials say mosquito-borne viruses are on the way gainesvillesun (07/02)
Hospitals: Illegal immigrants costly palmbeachpost (07/02)
For $1,500, you can be local doctor's VIP...Florida's changing medical landscape news-journalonline (07/02)
Northwest Florida region seeks more nurses pensacolanewsjournal (07/02)
Florida Medicaid program cuts: dental care for poor takes hit orlandosentinel (07/02)
Study: 2.3 million Florida seniors could lose medicare prescription benefits under proposed plan businessjournal/sofla (07/02)
Wait for transplants shorter in Florida jacksonville.com (07/02)
Florida's catch o' the day not mercury-free: How mercury enters the food chain news-journalonline (07/02)
Medicaid changes prompt class-action lawsuit news-journalonline (07/02)
State hires new chief medical officer businessjournal/jax (07/02)
Malpractice protest docs vs. lawyers: Doctors, lawyers to air dispute palmbeachpost (07/02)
State short on faculty to teach new nurses gainesvillesun (07/02)
Report: Florida's health coverage on brink of disaster businessjournal/jax (07/02)
470 women in UF hormone therapy study told to stop taking the pills gainesvillesun (07/02)
Medical malpractice: Skyrocketing insurance rates worry doctors pensacolanewsjournal (07/02)
Health and Insurance: Aetna adding products for small businesses jacksonville.com (07/02)
Paramedic shortage hurts Manatee County and Florida on a statewide basis bradentonherald (06/02)
Florida resident is UF's 500th heart-transplant recipient gainesvillesun (06/02)
Battle heats over 'board certified' definition�Florida Board of Medicine palmbeachpost (06/02)
North Florida initiative targets area nurse shortage gainesvillesun (06/02)
Group releases huge hospital-ranking survey...rates South Florida hospitals miamiherald (06/02)
Nurse shortage shows need, opportunities for those who care news-journalonline (06/02)
Nursing home doctors face insurance woes news-journalonline (06/02)
Volunteers are state�s liaisons to nursing care news-press (06/02)
State to explore small-business health care gainesvillesun (06/02)
New state budget funnels billions to Medicaid businessjournal/jax (06/02)
HMO rates next year set to jump an average of 22 percent nationwide...to affect consumers and businesses tampatribune (06/02)
Blood banks face crisis...new FDA regulations imposing tighter restrictions on would-be donors; complex issues threaten to disrupt blood supply sun-herald (06/02)
Veterans march for better care: Rally spotlights long wait for care by VA facilities news-press (06/02)
Concerns put cancer treatment center on hold jacksonville.com (05/02)
AARP study projects health concerns news-press (05/02)
Floridians� health habits are good, bad, ugly sun-sentinel (05/02)
Nursing home industry to get $27 million more in state aid jacksonville.com (05/02)
Bush expands Medicaid benefits for adults: Naples woman�s fight ends with a victory news-press (05/02)
UF students face risk of rabies...dead raccoon sets off search jacksonville.com (05/02)
Rising numbers of uninsured strain S. Florida's health-care system sun-sentinel (05/02)
Health care bill goes to governor...helps some low-income people get health insurance while raising premiums as much as 50 percent for nearly 100,000 self-employed Floridians sptimes (05/02)
Half of HMOs late on paying claims: Six-month review by state results in half being fined for breaking law news-press (04/02)
Florida disciplines MDs at higher rate than other large states naplesnews (04/02)
State releases results of nursing home project...to give seniors and their families comparative information about local nursing homes' quality of care businessjournal/tampa (04/02)
3 doctors affiliated with Shands at the University of Florida have been named to a list of best family doctors in America gainesvillesun (04/02)
First U.S. case of human related mad cow disease suspected in Florida...evidence indicates woman's illness does not threaten the public or agriculture industry sun-sentinel (04/02)
Dengue fever, mosquito-borne disease, small but real health risk – unlike West Nile, which exists mostly in fowl, dengue is present mostly in people jacksonville (04/02)
Seniors find ways to cut costs for medications by as much as 50 percent as drug costs soar sun-herald (04/02)
Bankruptcy sends retirees reeling: Steelmaker drops former workers� health benefits...Florida is home to as many as 9,000 retired steelworkers, their spouses and dependents news-press (04/02)
Health-insurance scams hit thousands of Floridians orlandosentinel (04/02)
State medical board receives borderline rating...barely makes the grade when it comes to disciplining doctors businessjournal/jax (04/02)
Health insurance draining to small business: Many employers struggle to find and afford insurance for their employees, meaning some must do without jacksonville.com (04/02)
Study: Florida hospital pricing mixed businessjournal/orlando (04/02)
Seniors' options limited as drug costs soar miamiherald (04/02)
Florida researchers report on adult stem cell research naplesnews (04/02)
Medicare firm changes ruling to let patients use dialysis drug...proposed policy had ignited a firestorm of protests orlandosentinel (04/02)
Lee chosen for Alzheimer's study: Preliminary tests show shunt has halted disease's spread news-press (04/02)
Health Careers: Men offer solution to nursing shortage news-journalonline (04/02)
Group sues over Florida Medicaid's denial of drugs sun-sentinel (03/02)
Program with Florida Hospital pays unemployed while completing health care training, then provides jobs businessjournal/orlando (03/02)
UF study: Mental stress tied to heart disease gainesvillesun (03/02)
State Medicare could lose $218M...with Florida ranking No. 3 behind California and New York as the states most affected by the federal cuts businessjournal/orlando (03/02)
Pfizer�s pact with Florida yields thriving drug sales...result of controversial agreement reached last year between the drug maker and the state sun-sentinel (03/02)
Nursing Shortage Act wins approval: State desperate to fill positions jacksonville.com (03/02)
The stuff that makes you stuffy: Blame the annual Florida oak pollen explosion sptimes (03/02)
Mayo Clinic's cancer research gets boost...to conduct trials of promising cancer treatments in Florida jacksonville.com (03/02)
Tampa researchers find gene believed to play a small role in drug, alcohol and cigarette addiction tampatribune (03/02)
Nursing homes' quality gauged tampatribune (03/02) | More Info (03/02)
Bill closes Death spiral loophole: Insurance legislation includes fix but... sun-herald (03/02)
Blood supplies critical statewide sun-herald (03/02)
Doctors, patients take on managed healthcare companies in court battle miamiherald (03/02)
Senate bill would give wage hikes to nursing home staffers sun-herald (02/02)
Critically ill, uninsured patients may lose state aid miamiherald (02/02)
Shands to get $18 million more in U.S. aid: Medicaid funding increase approved jacksonville.com (02/02)
Shands' woes highlight issue of uninsured: Healthcare costs could prove fatal jacksonville.com (02/02)
Saving Shands: On the brink of possible bankruptcy jacksonville.com (02/02)
Naples lung patient seeks governor�s help in fight to change Medicaid news-press.com (02/02)
Nursing homes seek safety net: Stronger shield from suits urged jacksonville.com (02/02)
West Nile virus pops up again in Volusia County news-journalonline (02/02)
Bush OKs $11 million advance to Shands: Payment will come from Medicaid funds jacksonville.com (02/02)
Sarasota nursing homes among worst in nation heraldtribune (02/02)
South Florida leads nation in AIDS growth sun-sentinel (02/02)
State moves to keep Shands Jacksonville solvent businessjournal/jax (02/02)
Suit says Eckerd overcharged: Company chairman says discrepancies caused by computers news-press.com (02/02)
Legislation would keep doctors' records secret news-journalonline (02/02)
Budget cuts hit hard at Florida's care for addicts miamiherald (01/02)
Insurance rates triple for nursing home physicians sun-sentinel (01/02)
Lawmakers sponsoring plan to help small-business owners secure affordable health care coverage for their employees tampatribune (01/02)
Costly Medicaid program faces state cuts floridatoday (01/02)
Florida Insurance rates shock doctors orlandosentinel (01/02)
Budget woes halt state antidrug programs naplesnews (01/02)
Palm Beach county tops state list of deaths by OxyContin sun-sentinel (01/02)
Judge rules hospitals are subject to open government laws news-journalonline (01/02)
Nursing homes still in cost bind: Tort reform ripples yet to be felt sun-herald (01/02)
Health care overpayments investigated: Senate panel holding state agency accountable news-press.com (01/02)
Florida gears up for health care changes businessjournal/orlando (01/02)
West Nile virus alert lifted - Cool, dry weather cited for decrease in mosquito population news-press.com (01/02)
Medical error reports to be short on details sun-sentinel (12/01)
Elder care in state of flux tampatribune (12/01)
Florida health officials plan to drop West Nile virus alert floridatoday (12/01)
Red wine healthy for the heart: New study explains why drink prevents hardening of arteries news-press.com (12/01)
Rising malpractice premiums hit Florida doctors hardest tampatrib (12/01)
Nursing home insurers cautious: Facilities face Jan. 1 deadline for liability jacksonville.com (12/01)
Charlotte, Sarasota, Flagler among the healthiest of Florida counties; DeSoto, Gadsden ranked among lowest on health issues sun-herald (12/01) | More Info (12/01)
11th person in Florida hit by West Nile virus orlandosentinel (12/01)
Few blacks choose hospice care jacksonville.com (12/01)
Survey: One in five nursing homes won't meet insurance requirement sun-sentinel (12/01)
More Florida people seek help from charities as service jobs lost sun-sentinel (12/01)
State budget cuts hit human services sun-sentinel (12/01)
Florida�s syphilis cases continue to climb news-press.com (11/01)
Budget woes threatening drug coverage for seniors heraldtribune (11/01)
Nursing home rankings released: Punishment for failing facilities blocked news-press.com (11/01) | More Info | Compare
Nursing home reports kept secret by new law heraldtribune (11/01)
Florida ranks 46th in health: Infectious diseases a major drawback jacksonville.com (11/01)
New Alzheimer's test available; helps detect disease in the earliest stages businessjournal/jax (11/01)
Florida launches probe of OxyContin maker palmbeachpost (11/01)
West Nile still a concern despite cool weather gainesvillesun (11/01)
UF expert compares mail scare to history gainesvillesun (11/01)
Anthrax home test kit debuts from Florida company businessjournal/sofla (11/01)
West Nile virus still on the move in state orlandosentinel (11/01)
Patients' advocates, state's nursing homes at odds over video cameras tampatrib (10/01)
Here to stay, the West Nile virus spreads throughout Florida sun-sentinel (10/01)
Flu-shot production not a problem this year floridatoday (10/01)
Parkland horse tests positive for West Nile; Broward, Palm Beach on alert sun-sentinel (10/01) | West Nile Virus Info
Report: Floridians' obesity alarming tampatrib (10/01)
Palm Beach County: Officials may extend West Nile warning sun- sentinel (10/01)
Northeast Florida's mosquito crews wage war on West Nile virus jacksonville.com (10/01)
Aged care delay plan raise ire; senators want to save state money jacksonville.com (10/01)
Health experts suggest keeping fears in perspective floridatoday (10/01)
Boca firm reports anthrax study businessjournal/sofla (10/01)
State targets tobacco money for cuts; program that cuts prescription costs also at risk news-press.com (10/01)
West Nile virus spreads; 1 of 2 new cases in Putnam County jacksonville.com (10/01) | More Info | Links | Q&A
So far so smooth for flu vaccination clinics heraldtribune (10/01)
Nursing homes get ranking (10/01) sun-herald | Nursing Home Guide | More Info
Anthrax: No further trace in Florida case; 100s await results naplesnews (10/01)
FBI investigating second Florida anthrax case news-journalonline (10/01)
Nursing homes in staff bind: Law mandates more caregivers jacksonville.com (10/01)
Blood donations help some find out they have diseases orlandosentinel (10/01)
State agency takes licenses of 4 nursing homes heraldtribune (10/01)
8th Florida case of West Nile virus diagnosed in Duval County naplesnews (10/01)
There's plenty of flu vaccine this year but... palmbeachpost (10/01)
Doctors challenge insurer's network: Blue Cross and Blue Shield says it's trying to keep members' fees low jacksonville.com (10/01)
Florida medical examiners report rise in painkiller overdose deaths tampatrib (09/01)
State pushes legislation on oft-abused painkiller oxycodone news-journalonline (09/01)
Strength of nursing home law faces test orlandosentinel (09/01)
Drive to earn Florida patients right to sue HMOs comes to Lee County news-press.com (09/01)
Attorney presses for Florida Patients Bill of Rights orlandobusinessjournal (09/01)
Florida, drug firm join up: Program targets Medicaid patients miamiherald (09/01) | Florida Medicaid
Healthcare rate boost will be `jaw dropper' miamiherald (09/01)
Florida joins federal lawsuit against health plans businessjournal/jax
Fish that eats mosquito larvae a weapon against West Nile virus sun-herald (08/01)
Doctor Boczar faces complaint from patients herald-tribune (08/01)
Sen. Bob Graham says the federal government ought to look into the connection between public health and pollution in Escambia County pensacolanewsjournal (08/01)
Medical board disciplines doctors jacksonville.com (08/01)
Drug makers sue state on prescription access sun-sentinel (08/01)
Congressional report: resident abuse in Florida nursing homes surpassed national average described as "widespread and significant" tampatrib (07/01)
Meningitis outbreak hits University of North Florida: UNF urges 4,000 to get shots jacksonville.com (07/01)
Pools told to clean up act orlandosentinel (07/01)
Prostate cancer prevention study to begin in Jacksonville: Institute is looking for healthy men age 55 and older to participate businessjournal/jax (07/01)
Walgreens accused of denying Medicare discounts businessjournal/sofla (07/01)
14 counties on alert for West Nile virus orlandosentinel (07/01)
To fill nursing shortage, health care businesses go overseas jacksonville.com (07/01)
Skin cancer screening at Jacksonville Beach turns up 'high number' of positive results businessjournal/jax (07/01)
UM offers weekend master's degree in nursing businessjournal/sofla (07/01)
State fines Humana for double billing orlandobusinessjournal (07/01)
Detective tackles Florida�s problem with bogus doctors sun-sentinel (06/01)
Program reveals doctors who lied jacksonville.com
Medical board member resigns in protest... news-journalonline (06/01)
Industry stresses high cost of adult care jacksonville.com (06/01)
Governor signs nursing home bill newscoast.com (05/01)
Nurses lured by $15,000 bonuses orlandosentinel (05/01)
Nursing homes cheer suit limits; lawyers fume orlandosentinel (05/01)
Rx for nursing crisis: More pay, better conditions miami.com (05/01)
Health insurance reforms stumble gainesvillesun (05/01)
Florida needs more nurses orlandosentinel (05/01)
Senate panel OKs nursing home plans: Insurance, building new sites at issue jacksonville.com (04/01)
Senate panel gives OK to nursing home bill: Issue of abuse suits to be taken up later jacksonville.com (03/01)
Lawmakers tackle nursing homes, budget sun-herald (03/01)
As boomers age, Florida faces elderly explosion orlandosentinel (03/01)
UCF plans on having a medical program gainesvillesun (03/01)
Legislature 2001: Lawmakers brace for new nursing home issue naplesnews (02/01)
No direction found on long-term care sun-sentinel (02/01)
State targets cost of drugs gainesvillesun (01/01)
Nursing homes need cure, not protection, families tell Bush orlandosentinel (01/01)
Support builds for generics measure newscoast.com (01/01)
Budget proposal cuts...Planned Parenthood funding naplesnews (01/01)
State mental health crisis outlined news-press (01/01)
Bush pitches care plan to seniors sun-sentinel (01/01)
Nursing-home lawsuits face limits in plan by Gov. Bush orlandosentinel (01/01)
Office surgery moratorium has doctors debating issue bizjournals.com/jax (01/01)
State Medicaid deficit projected to near $1B bizjournals.com/jax
Data on doctors found lacking: Consumers want details on discipline reports jacksonville.com
Experts say cases of HIV back on rise newscoast.com
Florida's 'Choose life' specialty license plate among top sellers news-journalonline
AMA warns of dangers of scooters sun-sentinel
Blue Cross and Blue Shield completes claims online bizjournals/jax
Medical board: Moratorium on surgeries to stay sun-sentinel.com
Prescription for a coverup sptimes
Governor reminds seniors about prescription laws newscoast.com
Agency asks for $23 million for mental health sun-herald
Fund's deficit could lead state to end some health care licenses news-journalonline.com
Florida 40th in caring for those on Medicare sptimes
Governor's Health Care Summit offers no cure bizjournals/sofla
Flu shots late: Vaccine may not arrive here until December sun-herald
Medicare, Medicaid continue to pay Florida hospitals less bizjournals.com/sofla
Governor urges speedup on Medicare HMO reviews sptimes
Nelson calls for HMO firms' records sptimes
Bad blood - The hepatitis C epidemic: Millions are infected with 'the silent killer of our generation' jacksonville.com
Medical board: Moratorium on surgeries to stay sun-sentinel.com
Elders' medical dilemma staugustine.com
Office surgery ban under fire sun-sentinel.com
Family seeks bone marrow donor match for dying son flatoday.com
Sickness hitting area residents hard news-journalonline
State on alert for West Nile virus starbanner
Publix flu shots rescheduled bizjournals/tampabay
Checks are running out for some on welfare gainesvillesun
Report: Child abuse climbs 10% tampatrib
Meningitis not epidemic, officials say sun-sentinel
Health-care concerns rank high on voter agenda flatoday
State cuts deal with nursing home owner tampatrib
Nursing homes to argue state can't cut off Medicaid tampatrib
Study: Just as many Floridians die from cold as from the heat newscoast.com
AHCA transfer of residents goes smoothly bizjournals.com/sofla
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