Major insurers filed double‑digit Medigap increases this spring; Tampa Bay seniors are weighing alternatives as state filings are reviewed.

Larkin University plans the Jacqueline Nicole Michel College of Osteopathic Medicine on a 48‑acre Naranja site, pledging residency pipelines and more local care. The school targets Fall 2028 pending accreditation.

A bat that hid in a shoe bit a Loxahatchee resident and later tested positive for rabies. Health officials urge anyone exposed to seek care and secure pets.

FDA found E. coli in a Raw Farm cheddar sample but says the strain matches a 2025 outbreak, not the current cluster. Investigators and the company say testing and recalls are ongoing.

Six Central Florida restaurants were temporarily shut after inspections found roach infestations, rodent droppings and storage violations. Reinspections later cleared them to reopen.

Clavicular was taken to hospital after an apparent on‑camera collapse during a Brickell livestream; details remain limited.

A federal review and related records say chronic understaffing, training gaps and paperwork errors at the Life Alliance organ‑procurement agency prompted its decertification and a federal handoff of South Florida services.

Florida regulators placed Dr. Reinaldo Hernandez Loy on probation after finding he missed signs of metastatic kidney cancer in a patient who later died.

Helen and Jacob Shaham donated $15M to Nicklaus Children’s, renaming its cancer institute and funding research so more families can get care close to home.

A long-term study linked heavy ultra-processed food intake with early signs of Parkinson’s disease; Miami neurologists are urging whole-food, Mediterranean-style choices.

Florida investigators can move vulnerable adults into assisted living experts say advance legal planning often prevents long court fights.

The CPSC and Vive Health recalled about 122,000 adult bed rails after two entrapment deaths; owners should stop using affected models and follow Vive Health's refund steps.

A federal judge found Leapfrog’s grading method unfair and ordered the nonprofit to remove safety grades for five Tenet hospitals and notify licensees.